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Philosopher-Kings: The Argument of Plato's Republic by C. D. C. Reeve

Philosopher-Kings: The Argument of Plato's Republic C. D. C. Reeve ebook
ISBN: 087220815X, 9780872208155
Page: 350
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Format: pdf

6) I would say the best way to approach Plato's Republic is by realizing that each step in building the polis is done through Socrates' tentativeness. Other sages were more For Philo, the 1st century Jewish philosopher from Alexandria, Moses was a philosopher-king of the type depicted in Plato's Republic. New York: Tudor Publish Company, 1992. Now, why do people think that tentative arguments are necessarily someone's .. Philosopher-kings: the argument of Plato's Republic. Plato is the undisputed king of the a priori method, therefore it's worth looking into the epistemological assumptions that underlie Plato's ideal state. Moses the man out-argues the angels. Also, the rise of Mussolini and Franco hardly replicates the rise of the philosopher kings in the book (or do we just cross that out so we can make the fascism argument?). Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing, 2006. And this is fine because then Plato can argue that philosophers should be the rulers/”kings” since they are truly concerned with being just, not just seeming it. This is done in two major metaphysical ways. All that is missing than is to show how the philosopher-king can do this. The Works of Plato: Four Volumes in One.