The Republic, Greek philosopher Plato describes Socrates’ explanation of how anything taken to excess will cause destruction:

“the truth being that the excessive increase of anything often causes a reaction in the opposite direction . . . . The excess of liberty seems to pass into the excess of slavery.”

Later in The Republic, Plato uses this idea to explain how states move from one form to another. He writes, “They will say that human things are fated to decay, and even the perfect State will not escape from this law of destiny, when ‘the wheel comes full circle’ in a period short or

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The Republic, Greek philosopher Plato describes Socrates’ explanation of how anything taken to excess will cause destruction:
 
“the truth being that the excessive increase of anything often causes a reaction in the opposite direction . . . . The excess of liberty seems to pass into the excess of slavery.”
 
Later in The Republic, Plato uses this idea to explain how states move from one form to another. He writes, “They will say that human things are fated to decay, and even the perfect State will not escape from this law of destiny, when ‘the wheel comes full circle’ in a period short or