Of Rule and Office: Plato's Ideas of the Political

by Melissa Lane

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A constitutionalist reading of Plato's political thought

Plato famously defends the rule of knowledge. Knowledge, for him, is of the good. But what is rule? In this study, Melissa Lane reveals how political office and rule were woven together in Greek vocabulary and practices that both connected and distinguished between rule in general and office as a constitutionally limited kind of rule in particular. In doing so, Lane shows Plato...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691192154

ISBN13:9780691192154

Release Date:June 2023

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:480 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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