Plutarch's Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse disserendum: an interpretation with commentary
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1. Verfasser: Roskam, Geert (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leuven Leuven University Press 2009
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The question of the political relevance of philosophy, and of the role which the philosopher should play in the government of his state, was often discussed in Antiquity. Plato's ideal of the philosopher-king is well-known, but was precisely his failure to realise his political ideal in Syracuse not the best argument against the philosopher's political engagement? Nevertheless, Plato's ideal remained attractive for later Greek thinkers. This is illustrated, for instance, by one of Plutarch's short political works, in which he tries to demonstrate that the philosopher should especially associat
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