Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 68: Interview with Plato

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Plato was taken aback, and then smiled: "Lycias, it's nice to see you again! You have gained weight, I almost didn't recognize it."

It is true that at this time, Lycias had an excellent life and a successful career. He has long lost the greetings of writing defenses and earning money in Athens. He patted the visibly protruding belly under the gorgeous Bolton, seemingly helpless, but he secretly sighed: "As we get older, the meat grows more and more, and you can't reduce it. There is really no way."

Plato smiled and replied: "Because your experience and insights grow with age!"

Being favored by Plato, Lycias laughed, pointed to the person next to him, and said enthusiastically: "I’ll introduce to you, this is the veteran of Dionian, the main leader of the All-Hellenic Scholars Conference. Organizer-Anchitalus."

"Could it be Ansitanos who wrote "History of Great Greece"?!" Plato asked with surprise on his face.

""History of Great Greece" was written by me, but I can barely read it." Ansitanos said modestly: "Unlike Plato, you wrote "Utopia" that shocked scholars all over Greece. Even our King Daves praised your book, saying it is a political wonder book, and praising you as the great Plato!"

Ansitanos’ compliment made Plato a little embarrassed. He said frankly: “This book was written by me using the knowledge gained from observation and thinking after traveling in the Mediterranean for 12 years. Defects and ills are constantly being improved..."

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

Plato turned to praise again: "It is the "History of Great Greece" written by you, Master Ansitanos, with plain text and rigorous textual research. It takes time as the vertical line and the events that occurred in the various cities of Great Greece at the same time. The horizontal line clearly describes the history of Great Greece for hundreds of years. I think it is no less than Thucydides’s "The History of the Peloponnesian War", and it also makes us the people of Greece understand very well. The Greek colony has a history of hundreds of years in southern Italy. I have properly collected three books in the bookstore of my school..."

"You two don't praise each other for now, let's get out of here quickly. Ansitanos, don't forget, 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 admires you very much. The reason why I want to see you now is because the conference has not yet started and it will not be too conspicuous." 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 Dionia!"

Compared with the two scholars who came before, more bystanders recognized Plato, not because he was more famous at this time, but because he had not yet completed his travels to the major Mediterranean countries and city states. In the past few years, Hippocrates and Democritus have entered their old age and rarely travelled far away.

For example, the Agrigento businessman Eulopez once met him when he was traveling in Sicily in Plato, and when he was in business in Syracuse and Leonardi respectively. At this moment, he was looking at Plato's distant back and thinking: the famous Greek doctor-Hippocrates, the omniscient scholar-the student of Democritus, the famous Athens scholar-Plato. In just a half of the day, Dionia invited three well-known university scholars from the Greek world. The All-Hellenic Scholars Conference held by Dionia must be a gathering of scholars, I am afraid it will be quite attractive. Does Turri 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 the previous life, when Westerners talk about politics and philosophical research, they even have a consensus that "Plato is philosophy, and philosophy is Plato" , So Daves has long been eager to see it.

And Plato also hopes to see this young king who can quickly rise a small city-state into the strongest Greek power in the Western Mediterranean. He can ask face-to-face about the political mystery of "making the country stronger and stronger". His political philosophy theory is very helpful.

The two people both had an urgent desire and met in the King's Office of the Royal Palace of Dionia.

Plato is not tall and has a strong physique. He is very different from the traditional Chinese, talented and handsome literati. Daves, as the young king who created the powerful Kingdom of Dionia, is also very different from the "handsome and martial arts". "The word doesn't have too much edge.

But the two are not ordinary people, and will not treat each other with the mundane attitude of "judging people by appearance". After looking at each other, Plato first said: "His Majesty Daves, I came from the port. Here, along 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 Davers showing a curious look, and then said: "You all have no beards, it is deliberate. Is that so?"

Daves did not expect Plato to ask such a question when he opened his mouth. He subconsciously touched his bare chin and said with a smile: "This is because the people of Dionia have realized that Growing a long beard is not a good thing. Our citizen soldiers found that their beards were too long and could be easily caught by the opponent, causing injuries and even loss of life. The doctors of the Dionian Medical College found through research that, The beard is too long and too much. If it is not cleaned frequently, some small things that we can't see will grow in it, causing us to suffer from diseases. However, frequent cleaning will consume a lot of energy and time. It is better to shave it off thoroughly. ."

Listening to what Daves said, Plato also subconsciously stroked his thick beard on his chin, and muttered: "So, the Dionians admire practicality? For this reason, they are not even willing to follow the ancient Greek tradition? "

Davers smiled and said seriously: "We Greeks have a clearer and richer understanding of the environment and nature over time. Scholars in ancient times are definitely not comparable to us now. Therefore, many of their opinions and understandings are simple or 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 At home, we, Dionia, have given more freedom and equal education to the women of the kingdom. Don’t you also call for the equality of men and women in the city-state in "Ureme Kingdom"?!..."

Daves’ words made Plato listen and think, but he did not respond directly. Instead, he asked: “Since your Majesty said you want to inherit the good Greek traditions and abandon the bad ones, then you will become a king. When the Dionian Alliance became a kingdom, did it think that the royal system was superior to other polities?"

Daves did not directly answer his question either, but looked at him and said seriously: "I have read your "Utopia", for you think,'Only philosophers are the best city-state rulers. 'I don’t agree with it. Even letting philosophers be in power will only make the city-state worse!"

When Plato heard this, his eyes opened, and then he quickly recovered his calmness, and asked in a more accented tone: "Why does your Majesty the King think so?"

Daves said calmly: "We Greeks call philosophy the "learning of love and wisdom", a profound knowledge that explores the evolution of the world, the society, and the world. It can be called A philosopher must devote all his energy to it to gain his own insights into the world. This is not an easy task, so where does he have extra time to govern the country?! Look at it Here I—"

Daves pointed to the piles of letters, proposals, materials... on his desk, sighed, and said, "This is the kingdom affairs I have to deal with in one day. In addition, I have to recruit officials to do it. Discuss, participate in the discussion of the various proposals of the Senate... In this day, I hardly have any free time. Even if I meet with you, I have to plan in advance, only to spare half an hour of free time, and this is still It will cause me to go home later tonight. Otherwise, some resolutions cannot be approved in time and can only be pushed to tomorrow. This not only means that administrative efficiency is reduced, but it may also mean that the lives of people in a city or a region in the Kingdom are greatly affected. Big influence...

Look, if he wants to be a good king, he doesn't have time to study philosophy, he can only devote most of his energy to the complicated city-state affairs. The same is true for the chief executives of the cities in our kingdom. Their power is equivalent to the rulers of other city-states. They must work diligently and down-to-earth to solve the practical problems of the cities under their jurisdiction. On business, without me replacing him, the local councillors and security officers will protest to him..."

"Your Majesty, your diligence amazes me!" Plato first complimented, and then said calmly: "Since you have said your Majesty, philosophy is the knowledge of the love of wisdom, so wisdom does not depend on sitting there. What you can get from fantasy, it depends on extracting it from practice. When you encounter a problem in handling government affairs, you should think carefully, find the law, and finally find a solution, and even be able to extract this method Isn’t this the result of applying philosophy!..."

"It seems that I and the chief executives in the kingdom are philosophers, and this philosopher is too easy to be." Daves retorted softly.