The Debate on Rule of the Strong

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The paper shows how the debate on the idea of "rule by the strong", as it existed between Plato and Thrasyrmarchus in the "Republic" and between Lincoln and Douglas in the Lincoln-Douglas debates, was similar in a number of ways.

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"It has been said that the issue between Thrasyrmachus and Socrates in Book One of Plato's Republic is nearly the same as the issue between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in their 1858 debates. It has even been said that the form of what took place is nearly the same. The issue between Lincoln and Douglas is certainly similar to the issue between Thrasymachus and Socrates insofar as they are both arguing either for or against a form of majority (or rule by the strong) and the form of the debate is similar because in both cases one of the debaters "leads" the other to answer a question to their disadvantage."

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