'STANDING APART IN THE SHELTER OF THE CITY WALL': THE CONTEMPLATIVE IDEAL VS. THE POLITICALLY ENGAGED PHILOSOPHER IN PLATO'S POLITICAL THEORY.
Natural philosophers seem to have good reasons to prefer that the kallipolis, the maximally just community of the Republic, is never realized. If such a community is realized, philosophers are under the obligation of a just demand that they govern. However, a life that contains governance as a signi...
| Publicado en: | Southern Journal of Philosophy Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 197 - 217 |
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