Season 4, Episode 11: James Romm, Plato and the Tyrant

About this episode

A discussion on Plato's political involvement in Syracuse with Professor James Romm.

Send us Fan Mail Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Professor James Romm, classicist and historian at Bard College, for a captivating discussion on one of the most dramatic and fascinating political experiments of the ancient world: Plato’s involvement with power politics in Syracuse (Siracusa). Drawing on Romm’s newest book, Plato and the Tyrant, Sachs and Romm explore the extraordinary story of how the great philosopher Plato attempted over the course of three decades to bring philosophy into...

People in this episode

Host: Jeffrey Sachs

Guest: James Romm

Topics covered

• Plato
• politics
• ancient history
• philosophy
• Syracuse
• power dynamics

Keywords

• Plato
• Syracuse
• James Romm
• philosophy
• politics
• ancient world
• power

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bard College

Books & works: Plato and the Tyrant

Places: Syracuse, Siracusa

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