In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for the worst. He suggested that it would substitute reminiscence for thought and mechanical learning for the true dialect of the living quest for truth by…

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American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting...

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting...

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban...

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban...

Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell...

Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell...

Class in society is determined by voice

Class in society is determined by voice

The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of...

The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of...

Acoustic space has the basic character of a sphere whose focus or centre is simultaneously...

Acoustic space has the basic character of a sphere whose focus or centre is simultaneously...

If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man into a...

If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man into a...

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher,...

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher,...

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish...

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish...

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at...

The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his...

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his...