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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright 2001 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0142-257x
- eISSN
- 2051-2996
- DOI
- 10.1163/20512996-90000034
- Publisher site
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Abstract
A recent study contends that for Plato, the state, including the ideal state of the Republic , is better governed by unfettered personal authority than by law. The present study maintains that even in the Republic and the Statesman , as well as in the Laws , it is law, not unfettered personal rule that underlies the state. Justification for such authoritarian rule, especially in the ideal state of the Republic , lies in the supposed inability of the ordinary individual to acquire moral autonomy or Platonic justice owing to a lack of the necessary knowledge. But it is shown in this study that the ordinary individual of the ideal state can acquire an educated right opinion sufficient for gaining moral autonomy or Platonic justice.
Journal
Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2001