Topic: Alcibiades

The study of Plato's dialogues, specifically the Alcibiades, originally focused on how an elite class could govern society justly. Plato's ideal involved an "illumined elite" who sacrificed all personal wealth and property to remain selfless and dedicated to justice. This philosophical framework was intended to create a self-perpetuating mechanism of enlightened leadership through the process of metapsychosis.

While Plato's original philosophy envisioned a selfless elite dedicated to justice and devoid of personal wealth, this ideal was corrupted into "dark Platonism." The original Platonic dialogues, such as the Alcibiades, focused on how an elite should govern a society justly through spiritual enlightenment. Over time, the esoteric mechanisms intended to ensure a self-perpetuating just leadership were instead used to maintain family wealth and power.