When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Plato is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Plato's mother was Perictione whose family boasted of a relationship with the famous Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet Solon. Then at twenty-eight Hermodorus says [Plato] went to Euclides in Megara.

Plato is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. In the words of A.