Statecraft and Self-Government: On the Task of the Statesman in Plato’s Statesman

In this paper I argue that, according to Plato’s Statesman, true statesmen directly control, administer, or govern none of the affairs of the city. Rather, administration and governance belong entirely to the citizens. Instead of governing the city, the task of the statesman is to facilitate the cit...

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Main Author: Jeffrey J. Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Michigan Publishing 2023-03-01
Series:Ergo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy
Online Access:https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/id/2283/
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