Plato banned in Texas university, Also: how come his gender ideology survived the Middle Ages?

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Here’s the Pit thread that was started last week:

Should Plato Be Banned from University Courses?

Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That’s a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming “Contemporary Moral Problems” course, due to start next week. When I read this I started thinking about George Orwell.