Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 649

[Chapter 68 Meeting Plato]

Plato was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: “Lysias, it’s nice to see you again! You’ve gained weight, I almost didn’t recognize it.

” Writing defenses for people in Athens and making money for a living.

He patted the prominent belly that was covered by the gorgeous Bolton, seemingly helpless, but secretly sighed: “The older you get, the more flesh you have, and you can’t lose it. There’s really no way.”

Plato replied with a smile, “Because it is your experience and knowledge that grows with age!”

Being held by Plato, Lysias laughed, pointed to the person next to him, and said enthusiastically: “Let me introduce to you, this is Elder Dionia, the main organizer of this “All-Greek Scholars Conference” – Ancitalos.”

“Could it be Ancitanos who wrote the “Great Greek History” ?!” Plato asked in surprise.

“The Great History of Greece was written by me, but I can barely read it.” Ancitanos said modestly: “Unlike Plato’s “Republic” that shocked scholars all over Greece, even ours King Davos also praised your book, saying that it is a political wonder book, and praised you as the great Plato!”

Plato was a little embarrassed by Ancitanos’ praise, and he said frankly: ” This book was written by me after traveling in the Mediterranean for 12 years, using the knowledge I gained from observation and reflection, and there are still many flaws and drawbacks, and I am constantly improving…”

In fact, this book was written in Athens. It caused a lot of controversy and criticism, because Plato criticized the shortcomings of the democratic system in his book.

Plato turned to praise and said: “It’s the “History of Great Greece” written by you, Lord Ancitanos. The hundreds of years of history in Great Greece are clearly and clearly described. I think it is no less than Thucydides’ “History of the Peloponnesian War”. The hundreds of years of hard history in southern Italy, I have kept three copies in my school’s bookstore…”

“You two, stop praising each other first, we have to leave here quickly. Don’t forget Ancitanos, King Davos is still waiting to meet Plato!” Lycias urged.

“Your king wants to see me?” Plato was surprised.

“Didn’t I just say that King Davos respects you very much. The reason why I want to see you now is because the conference has not yet started, so it will not be too noticeable.” Ancitanos explained.

Plato understood when he thought about it, and then smiled: “Great,

I just want to meet the magical king who created the miracle of Dionysian!”

Compared with the two scholars who came before, the bystander who recognized Plato Even more, not because he was more famous at this time, but because it had not been a few years since he completed his tour of the major countries and city-states in the Mediterranean, Hippocrates and Democritus had entered their old age, very Travel less often.

For example, Eulopes, a merchant from Agrigento, once met Plato when he was traveling in Sicily, and when he was doing business in Syracuse and Leotine respectively.

At this moment, he looked at Plato’s distant back and imagined: the famous Greek doctor – Hippocrates, the omniscient scholar – the student of Democritus, the famous scholar of Athens – Plato.

In only half a day, Dionia invited three well-known scholars from the Greek world. The conference of all Greek scholars held by Dionia must be a gathering of scholars, and I am afraid it will be quite attractive.

Does Turii want to replace Athens and become the academic center of the Greek world?

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For this great philosopher and thinker who was called the “Father of Philosophy” by Westerners in his previous life, when Westerners talk about political and philosophical research, they even have “Plato is philosophy, and philosophy is Plato”, so Davers longed to see it.

And Plato also hopes to see this young king who can make a small city-state rise rapidly to become the most powerful Greek power in the Western Mediterranean, and he can ask him the political mysteries of “making the country fast and strong” in person. Philosophical theories are helpful.

Both of them had an urgent desire to meet in the King’s Office at the Dionysian Palace.

Plato’s stature is not tall and his physique is strong, which is very different from the traditional Chinese image of a literati who is talented and handsome, and Davos, as the young king who created the powerful kingdom of Dionia, also has the word “handsome and martial”. Can’t touch too much edge.

But neither of them are ordinary people, and they will not look at each other with the mundane attitude of “judging people by their appearance”. After sizing each other up, Plato first said: “Dear Your Majesty Davos, I came here from the port, a On the way, I found that there is a big difference between the citizens of Dionia and the citizens of other Greek city-states–” He paused, seeing Davos’ curious expression, and then said: “None of you have beards, is that on purpose?

Davos didn’t expect Plato to ask such a question as soon as he opened his mouth. He subconsciously touched his bare chin and said with a smile: “This is because the people of Dionysus have realized that they have stayed longer in their lives over the years

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Beards are not a good thing. During the battle with the enemy, our civilian soldiers found that the beards were too long and could easily be dragged by the opponent, resulting in injury or even loss of life; If it is not cleaned frequently, it will breed some small things that we cannot see and cause us to suffer from diseases, but frequent cleaning will cost us a lot of energy and time, it is better to scrape it completely.”

Hearing what Davos said, Plato also subconsciously stroked his bushy beard and said in a deep voice, “So, the Dionysians advocate practicality? For this reason, they are not even willing to follow the ancient Greek tradition?

” Si smiled and said seriously: “Our Greeks’ understanding of the environment and nature has gradually become clearer and richer over time, and scholars in ancient times are definitely unable to compare with us now, so many of their views And understanding is simple, even wrong… So of course we have to inherit the good Greek tradition; but the bad tradition, why should we keep it! Just like other city-states lock women in their homes, and we wear Oniya gave more freedom and equal education to the women of the kingdom, didn’t you also call for equality between men and women in the city-state in “Utopia”?! …”

Davos’s words made Plato listen and think, but he did not respond directly, but asked: “Since Your Majesty you said that you want to inherit the good Greek traditions and discard the bad ones, then you become a king and will Dionysian The sub-alliance turned into a kingdom, do you think the royal government system is superior to other government systems?”

Davos also did not answer his question directly, but looked at him and said seriously: “I have read your “Utopia”, I don’t agree with your opinion that ‘only philosophers are the best rulers of a city-state’. Even allowing philosophers to rule will only make the city-state worse!”

Plato opened his eyes when he heard this. , then quickly regained his calm, and asked in a serious tone: “Why does His Majesty think so?”

Davos said calmly: “We Greeks call philosophy ‘the study of love and wisdom’, which is a The door explores the profound knowledge of the evolution of heaven, earth, society, and the human world. A person who can be called a philosopher must devote all his energy to it in order to obtain his own incisive insights into the world. It’s not an easy task, so where does he have extra time to govern the country?! Look at me here—”

Davos pointed to the mountains of letters, proposals, materials on his desk, sighed, and said : “This is the kingdom affairs that I have to deal with in one day. In addition, I have to recruit officials to discuss and participate in the discussion of various proposals in the Senate… On this day, I have almost no spare time. Even with the When you meet, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com I have to plan in advance, I only took half an hour to spare, and this will also cause me to go home later tonight, otherwise some resolutions cannot be approved in time, and I can only Pushing it to tomorrow, this will not only mean a reduction in administrative efficiency, but may also mean that the lives of people in a city or a region of the kingdom will be greatly affected…

You see, if he wants to be a good king, he has no time to study philosophy, and can only devote most of his energy to the complicated affairs of the city-state.

The same is true for the city administrators in my kingdom. Their power is equivalent to the rulers of other city-states. They must be diligent and down-to-earth to solve the practical problems of the cities under their jurisdiction. Seriously, without me replacing him, the local parliamentarians and tribunes will protest against him…”

“Your Majesty, your diligence amazes me!

Plato first praised, and then said calmly: “Since Your Majesty you have said that philosophy is the study of the love of wisdom, then wisdom can not be obtained by sitting there and dreaming, he must rely on practice. refining.

When you encounter difficulties in dealing with government affairs, you should think carefully, discover the rules, and finally find a solution, and even be able to refine this method into a system and generalize it. Isn’t this the result of applying philosophy? !

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“It seems that all the chief executives in the kingdom and I are philosophers, and it is too easy to be a philosopher.

“Davers retorted softly.