Plato and the Tyrant by James Romm

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/73411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Plato and the Tyrant Author: James Romm Narrator: Paul Woodson Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins Release date: 05-13-25 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Professionals & Academics Publisher's Summary: In Plato and the Tyrant, acclaimed historian and classicist James Romm draws on personal letters of Plato to show how a philosopher helped topple the leading Greek power of the era: the opulent city of Syracuse. There, Plato encountered two authoritarian rulers, a father and son both named Dionysius, and tried to steer them toward philosophy. At the same time, he worked on his masterpiece, Republic, in which he conceived a ruler who unites perfect wisdom with absolute power.