Azathoth123 comments on Rationality Quotes July 2014 - Less Wrong
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I don't understand why he specifies "republic" when as far as I can see this properly applies to every society ever. Possibly given the political climate of the time he was using it in a more general way?
Probably because he was responding to people who were arguing that these things were inappropriate in a republic.