{Plato’s classes and Hindu Castes}[26th September 1990]

[Redbook7:337][19900926:2050]{Plato’s classes and Hindu Castes}[26th September 1990]

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There is an interesting correspondence between the basis of the Hindu caste system, and the classes in Plato’s Republic:

 [Information derived from] E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 18:978

The point is that in both[,] the G~ degree is suppressed – one would not of course expect G~ to be ‘inferior craftsmen’, but given the Hindu pre-occupation with the Mandala I think it is reasonable to place them there. There is, no doubt, more to the Caste system then this, as in due course I shall surely discover.

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