The City, a World of Politics: The Laws
The City, a World of Politics: The Laws
This chapter explores the political philosophy behind Plato's work the Laws. It states that the Laws aim to explain how to effectively govern a city within the context of unpredictable and unfortunate circumstances: accidents, human weaknesses, and ignorance. In spite of its sinister tone, the Laws remained faithful to Plato's political philosophy, as it remain to argue that it is only through intelligence that a city can be ruled – echoing the Republic's claim that philosophers should be kings.
Keywords: political philosophy, Laws, Republic, Plato, philosophers, unfortunate circumstances, city
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