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... political power , or the holders of political power should , by some divine appointment , become genuine lovers of wisdom . The Republic , from beginning to end , explains and justifies this thesis . The genuine lover of wisdom - the ...
... political power , or the holders of political power should , by some divine appointment , become genuine lovers of wisdom . The Republic , from beginning to end , explains and justifies this thesis . The genuine lover of wisdom - the ...
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... political or spiritual dictatorship , to relieve ordinary men of a responsibility they cannot face , and guide their lives to some goal they cannot choose for themselves . Some of Xenophon's works show a hankering after benevolent ...
... political or spiritual dictatorship , to relieve ordinary men of a responsibility they cannot face , and guide their lives to some goal they cannot choose for themselves . Some of Xenophon's works show a hankering after benevolent ...
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... political career and the philosophic life was not a choice that the real Socrates had ever had to face . Plato is thinking here of his own problem . The Gorgias is his final answer to the friends who had pressed him to join them , and ...
... political career and the philosophic life was not a choice that the real Socrates had ever had to face . Plato is thinking here of his own problem . The Gorgias is his final answer to the friends who had pressed him to join them , and ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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