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This points to democracy as something that depends on facts before it can depend on choice. The reference to Plato frames knowledge as the ground for judgment, so the line can be taken to mean that voting without information is only a thin version of self-rule. It lands sharply in debates about media, misinformation, and public trust.
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Books by Mary Beard
SPQR
2015
The Parthenon (Wonders of the World)
2003
Classics
1995