Watson Institute at Brown University
Stone Inequality Initiative

Plato's Understanding of Economic Inequality: 'The Greatest of All Plagues'

Thursday, April 10, 2025

April 10, 2025, 12pm

McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street, Floor 3

Why did inequality worry Plato and what did he think could be done about it? In this public lecture, Professor Williams will share insights from his new book, which understands inequality as a problem from the beginning of the tradition of western philosophy.