by Jim Thompson
appears in Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to the smalltime criminals, the realestate entrepreneurs, and all of his coworkers the lowlifes, the bigtimers, and everyone inbetween as the nicest guy around. He may not be the brightest or the most interesting man in town, but nevertheless,...
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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