5/13/2023 0 Comments Aristotle republic![]() ![]() ![]() Xenophon's Socrates is, perhaps like Plato but not Plato's Socrates, hyper-concerned with the practical side of life (and politics). The Laws is an oddly pragmatic account of the political (and does not feature Socrates). But again, is it Plato or Socrates who seems to advocate this un-decayed political form? Perhaps perusing Plato's Laws and Xenophon's Socratic works may help sharpen the boundaries between the political philosophies of Plato's Socrates, Xenophon's Socrates, Socrates, and Plato. ![]() (Remember that it is a degradation.)It seems you meant aristocratic when you said that Plato advocates an "oligarchical system." This is an important difference. "Plato also seems to have held such a view, where he wrote in The Republic that "philosopher kings" should lead city-states in a sort of oligarchical system." The progression, or lineage, of "cities" (men) in the Republic is as follows: aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny. ![]()
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