From Pericles to Plato – from democratic political praxis to totalitarian political philosophy
Plato is normally taken as one of the founders of Western political philosophy, not at least with his Republic. Here, he constructs a hierarchy of forms of governments, beginning with aristocracy at the top as a critical standard for the other forms of governments, and proceeding through timocracy a...
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The University of Akureyri
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Nordicum-Mediterraneum |
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| Online Access: | http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-7-n-2-2012/45-conference-paper/308-from-pericles-to-plato-from-democratic-political-praxis-to-totalitarian-political-philosophy |