What was Plato's view on democracy?

Plato warns that our pursuit of liberty will enslave us all. Could it be that our demands for freedom and reliance on democracy could lead us to tyranny? read more

I think Plato’s view of democracy is more ambiguous than is usually seen. In the Republic, democracy is the fourth of five governments, in order: the rule of the philosopher-kings, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny. read more

However Plato believed there was a far more sinister nature to democracy. A calamity at the very heart of democracy, it would lead only to tyranny and subjugation. In book VIII of The Republic, Plato begins to describe several stages of government that are intolerable, yet unavoidable. read more