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Socrates, Plato and Modern Life

Socrates & Pre-Truth Politics

Spencer Klavan proclaims Socrates’ revolutionary answer to Nietzsche and Trump.

Recently the Babylon Bee, a satirical newspaper, published the following headline: ‘Culture In Which All Truth Is Relative Suddenly Concerned About Fake News’. Like most good jokes, it’s so accurate it’s almost not funny. Having committed to the claim that reality is what you make of it, many American pundits are now shocked to find themselves confronted with a president who believes exactly the same thing. We may think we’ve entered a radical new ‘post-truth’ era, exemplified by Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway’s offering ‘alternative facts’ about inauguration attendance figures.

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