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Victor Davis Hanson

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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and author of the book "The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won." You can reach him by e-mailing [email protected].

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The Ignoble Lie

Victor Davis Hanson |

In a controversial passage in Plato’s “Republic,” Socrates introduced the idea of the “noble lie” (gennaios pseudos). A majestic fiction, he says, could sometimes serve… Read More

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