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Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (13 November 1917 – 11 September 1964) [1] was a prominent Hindi poet, essayist, literary and political critic, and fiction writer of the 20th century. [2] Muktibodh is widely regarded as a pioneer of modern Hindi poetry in India along with Surya Kant Tripathi 'Nirala'.
The traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes. [6] The list includes works of doubtful authenticity (in italic), as well as the Letters. 1st tetralogy Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo; 2nd tetralogy Cratylus, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman; 3rd tetralogy Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus
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 ...
Plato (/ ˈ p l eɪ t oʊ / PLAY-toe; [1] Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn; born c. 428–423 BC, died 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms.
In the Republic, Plato's Socrates raises a number of criticisms of democracy.He claims that democracy is a danger due to excessive freedom. He also argues that, in a system in which everyone has a right to rule, all sorts of selfish people who care nothing for the people but are only motivated by their own personal desires are able to attain power.
Notes Badan Singh: 1722 - 1755 Founder of the princely state of Bharatpur. [17] [18] Suraj Mal: 1755 - 1763 Son of Badan Singh. He is known for his political acumen and military prowess, he expanded his kingdom significantly and built the formidable Lohagarh Fort and Deeg Palace. He is often referred to as the Plato of the Sinsinwar Jat tribe ...
The work was listed as one of the Modern Library Board's 100 Best Nonfiction books of the 20th century. [3] The book critiques historicism and defends the open society and liberal democracy. Popper argues that Plato's political philosophy has dangerous tendencies towards totalitarianism, contrary to the benign idyll portrayed by most interpreters.
The tenth book of the Laws most famously discusses the priority of soul: both explanatory priority and ontological priority. Plato here refutes the views of his predecessors who argued that soul (and what soul is related to, such as intelligence, knowledge, skill, etc.) is posterior to corporeal things such as earth and fire. The natural ...