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| Philosopher King | Popper | Gaus I 311 Philosopher King/Popper/Keyt/Miller: Plato's advocacy of intellectual aristocracy and caustic criticism of democracy were vigorously attacked in Popper (1971)(1), the most provocative book published on Plato in the twentieth century. Though the intense controversy that erupted when the book was originally published in 1945 has abated, the issue is by no means dead. Monoson (2000)(2), for example, disputes the canonical view of Plato as virulent antidemocrat. The controversy turns to some extent on one's interpretation of Plato's utopianism. Is the ideally just polis in Plato's view a revolutionary goal, a guide for reform, a standard for evaluating existing constitutions, or something else entirely? A case can be made for each of these alternatives. The fact that the standard for being a true philosopher is set so high that even Socrates, by his own admission (Rep. VI.506b2-e5), fails to qualify strongly suggests that the ideal polis is not intended as an attainable ideal. Cf. >Polis, >Politics, >Plato, >Commentaries on Plato. Literature: (New books on the Republic appear regularly. Among the most notable are Cross and Woozley, 1964(3); Annas, 1981(4); White, 1979(5); and Reeve, 1988(6). Three recent collections of essays are particularly helpful: Fine, 1999(7): vol. Il; Kraut, 1997b(8); and Höffe, 1997(9).) 1. Popper, Karl Raimund (1971) The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), 5th rev. edn. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2. Monoson, S. Sara (2000) Plato's Democratic Entanglements: Athenian Politics and the Practice of Philosophy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 3. Cross, R. C. and A. D. Wooziey (1964) Plato's Republic: A Philosophical Commentary. New York: St Martin's. 4. Annas, Julia (1981) An Intmduction to Plato's Republic. Oxford: Clarendon. 5. White, Nicholas P. (1979) A Companion to Plato's Republic. Indianapolis: Hackett. 6. Reeve, C. D. C. (1988) Philosopher-Kings: The Argument of Plato 's Republic. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 7. Fine, Gail (1999) Plato 2: Ethics, Politics, Religion, and the Soul. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 8. Kraut, Richard, ed. (1997b) Plato's Republic: Critical Essays. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. 9. Höffe, Otfried, ed. (1997) Platon Politeia. Berlin: Akademie. Keyt, David and Miller, Fred D. jr. 2004. „Ancient Greek Political Thought“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications |
Po I Karl Popper The Logic of Scientific Discovery, engl. trnsl. 1959 German Edition: Grundprobleme der Erkenntnislogik. Zum Problem der Methodenlehre In Wahrheitstheorien, Gunnar Skirbekk Frankfurt/M. 1977 Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
| Philosopher King | Plato | Gaus I 310 Philosopher King/Plato/Keyt/Miller: The absolute power of the rulers in Socrates' just polis is justified by their knowledge, especially their knowledge of what is really good. As all the world knows, they are philosophers as well as rulers, not run-of-the-mill philosophers (like you and me) but brilliant individuals whose extra-ordinary talents and rigorous education have gained them access to a realm of Forms existing Gaus I 311 outside time and space - the realm of reality and nature (Rep. VI.501b2, X.597b6-598a3). >Governance/Plato. The Good: at the apex of the realm of Forms stands the Form of the Good, the source of the being and truth of all other Forms and of the psyche's knowledge of them (Rep. VI.506d-509c). >Good/Plato. Given the metaphysics and epistemology of the Republic, the argument for the rule of philosopher-kings is straightforward: only true philosophers know what is really good and how to achieve it; everyone seeks what is really good, not what merely seems good (Rep. VI.505d5-10); whoever seeks an end seeks the means to that end; consequently, everyone (whether they realize it or not) really seeks to be ruled by a philosopher-king. >Polis/Plato, >Poitics/Plato. Literature: Santas, 2001(1), is a ground-breaking study of the central concepts of the Republic.) 1. Santas, Gerasimos (2001) Goodness and Justice: Plato, Aristotle, and the Moderns. Oxford: Blackwell. Keyt, David and Miller, Fred D. jr. 2004. „Ancient Greek Political Thought“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications |
Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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