‘I will interpret’: The Eighth Letter as a response to Plato’s literary method and political thought
This paper explores the political thought and literary devices contained in the pseudo-Platonic Eighth Letter, treating it as a later response to the political thought and literary style of Plato, particularly the exploration of the mixed constitution and the mechanisms for the restraint of monarchi...
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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