Greek Political Theory (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 18)
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- ISBN: 9780415555531 | 0415555531
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/17/2009
Much has been written about the interpretation of Plato in the last thirty years. Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left, and a prophet of Socialism, he has lately been interpreted as a revolutionary of the Right and a forerunner of Fascism. In this book Plato appears as himself '¬ ; a revolutionary indeed, and even an authoritarian, but a revolutionary of the pure idea of the Good, and an authoritarian of the pure reason, unattached either to the Right or the Left.