The Age Of Mass Murder
Sir,—The questions raised by “L.G.P.” are worth pondering. Plato wrote “The Republic” amid the ruins of Periclean democracy, with which he was disenchanted, and germs of it have ap : peared centuries later in the rule of a people who have thrown off the tyranny of an autocracy, and accepted another akin to that of Plato’s “philosopher kings.” L.G.P. is doubtful of the success of this, but I think it stands a chance. Following the barbarism which is the natural aftermath of any revolution, the Russians have evolved, and have come far from Plato, and even from Marx, Lenin and Stalin, and we may believe that this “revisionism” i will go steadily on. If so, it will mean discipline, order and planned growth under central authority, and if in addition, their “philosopher kings” can instil into their rule the godlike qualities of humanity and justice I don’t think consequences may be feared.—Yours, etc., QUERCUS. October 18, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31198, 24 October 1966, Page 10
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