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Leaders as healers: Ancient Greek ideas on the health of the body politic
In the current health crisis, we might ask what needs to be cured more urgently: the virus itself or people’s poor sense of moderation.
We have seen shocking footage of panicked citizens fighting over the last pack of toilet tissue, our politicians’ exasperation at selfish stockpiling, and blasé disinterest from those who don’t think social isolation rules apply to them.
- Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides
- The Conversation
The Athenian philosopher Plato outlines in his dialogues, especially the Symposium and the Laws, the practice of…