380 BC
ID: 277
Plato writes Republic - ideal state ruled by philosopher-kings, allegory of the cave, theory of Forms
ID: 277
380 BC
ID: 280
Diogenes arrives in Athens - lives in barrel, mocks conventions, searches with lantern for honest man
ID: 280
380 BC
ID: 322
Athenian democracy increasingly dominated by demagogues - rhetoric over wisdom, Plato's critique vindicated
ID: 322