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Categories: Political Science
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This book deploys an innovative narrative device to mount an exercise in (popular) political philosophy. It presents Plato as “the Reith Lecturer” bringing
A Wolf in the City
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: Cinzia Arruzza
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-26 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The problem of tyranny preoccupied Plato, and its discussion both begins and ends his famous Republic. Though philosophers have mined the Republic for millennia
Against Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 309
Authors: Jason Brennan
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-26 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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A bracingly provocative challenge to one of our most cherished ideas and institutions Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They
Plato on Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: Thanassis Samaras
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers

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Revising his 1996 doctoral dissertation for the University of Warwick, though not departing radically from his original contention, Samaras argues that Plato's
Plato's Republic & American Democracy
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Pages: 0
Authors: Amos Ajo
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-03-30 - Publisher: Independently Published

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Plato's theories and works have had a significant influence on American democracy, shaping discussions about the function of the state, what constitutes effecti