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Politeia kai Nomoi: On the Coherence of Plato's Political Philosophy(*).

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From: Polity
Date: 19981222
Author:Lewis, V. Bradley

Plato's "Republic and Laws" offer incompatible views of the best political regime. The former offers the legal rule of philosophy and the latter offers the rule of law. However, the two views do not oppose each other, they constitute two stages of the nature of politics. The Republic demonstrates the function of government by the wise while the Laws leave behind the utopian theory in favor of the sober rule of law.

Plato's Republic and Laws are conventionally understood to offer rival and incompatible views of the best political regime, with the former championing the a-legal rule of ...

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