Democracy is a matter of education.
Democracy is a matter of education. If democracy is transitioned to uneducated masses, it will be an oligarchy. If it continues, demagogues will emerge. And demagogues will emerge dictators. -Plato Plato, who was the founder of the Academy, one of the first university-level institutions in the world and who constituted a turning point in the history of thought, laid the foundations of many debates in the history of philosophy and science, and deeply influenced many religions such as Christianity and Islam. Along with his teacher Socrates and his student Aristotle, he is the most influential name in the history of philosophy, and many of his claims are still important today, are debated, and have contributed to many ideas. English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead said, "The most reliable general characterization that can be made of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."
