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2. Plato's political philosophy - Wikipedia

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   In Plato's Republic, the character of Socrates is highly critical of democracy and instead proposes, as an ideal political state, a hierarchal system of three classes: philosopher-kings or guardians who make the decisions, soldiers or "auxiliaries" who protect the society, and producers who create goods and do other work. [1]

3. Statesman (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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   The Statesman (Ancient Greek: Πολιτικός, Politikós; Latin: Politicus [1]), also known by its Latin title, Politicus, is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato.The text depicts a conversation among Socrates, the mathematician Theodorus, another person named Socrates (referred to as "Socrates the Younger"), and an unnamed philosopher from Elea referred to as "the Stranger" (ξένος ...

4. Plato - Wikipedia

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   Plato Roman copy of a portrait bust c. 370 BC Born 428/427 or 424/423 BC Athens Died 348 BC (aged c. 75–80) Athens Notable work Euthyphro Apology Crito Phaedo Meno Protagoras Gorgias Symposium Phaedrus Parmenides Theaetetus Republic Timaeus Laws Era Ancient Greek philosophy School Platonic Academy Notable students Aristotle Main interests Epistemology, Metaphysics Political philosophy ...

5. A History of Political Theory - Wikipedia

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   2. Political Thought Before Plato 3. Plato, The Republic 4. Plato, The Statesman and The Laws 5. Aristotle, Political Ideals 6. Aristotle, Political Actualities 7. The Twilight of the City-State Part II : The Theory of the Universal Community 8. The Law of the Nature 9. Cicero and the Roman Lawyers 10. Seneca and the Fathers of the Church 11 ...

6. Commentaries on Plato - Wikipedia

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   Commentaries on Plato refers to the great mass of literature produced, especially in the ancient and medieval world, to explain and clarify the works of Plato.Many Platonist philosophers in the centuries following Plato sought to clarify and summarise his thoughts, but it was during the Roman era, that the Neoplatonists, in particular, wrote many commentaries on individual dialogues of Plato ...

7. Republic (Plato) - Wikipedia

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   Plato was an idealist, focused on achieving justice and morality, while Mussolini and fascism were realist, focused on achieving political goals. [ 38 ] Martin Luther King Jr. nominated the Republic as the one book he would wish to have desert island, aside from Bible.

8. Protagoras (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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   Protagoras, in a collection of Plato's Dialogues at Standard Ebooks; Text of Plato's Protagoras, Jowett's Translation by Gutenberg Project. Protagoras on the Perseus Project translated by W.R.M. Lamb (1924) ISBN 0-674-99183-4, ISBN 0-674-99184-2; Approaching Plato: A Guide to the Early and Middle Dialogues; The storyline of Plato's Protagoras

9. Laws (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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   Its musings on the ethics of government and law have established it as a classic of political philosophy [citation needed] alongside Plato's more widely read Republic. Scholars generally agree that Plato wrote this dialogue as an older man, having failed in his effort to guide the rule of the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse , instead having been ...