Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...
In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled ...
In the most recent election in the United States, both Trump voters and Harris voters claimed to be “defending democracy”. And in the United Kingdom, the current Labour government has committed to ...
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”.
His pupil Plato, however, found that practical knowledge led to the abstractions of metaphysics and political theory. Carol Atack’s “Plato: A Civic Life” traces Plato’s philosophy back to ...
Not only was the first democracy in the world in Athens, but the word itself comes from the Greek demos (people) and kratos (rule). Yet Plato's The Republic relentlessly argues against democracy.
Plato’s well known skepticism of democracy seems the result of his fear of what happens when you put things to a vote. That’s how Socrates died — voted into a death sentence when his case was ...
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the ...
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