Plato and the political knowledge

(2006). Knowledge and Power in Plato’s Political Thought. International Journal of Philosophical Studies: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 51-77.

Abstract. This dissertation examines the political argument of Plato's Socratic dialogues. ... Socrates is notorious for the claim that virtue is knowledge, that is, that. aquinas religion and politics keynote politics aims at the flourishing and common good of all citizens in state. it is natural and positive condition for.

Outline of Plato's contrast of knowledge and opinion: 1. Knowledge is a mental faculty/power that allows us to apprehend "being" (i.e., reality). 2. Ignorance is the opposite of knowledge. 3. Opinion is subject to error, but knowledge is not. 4. O

Let's take the first Plato book you've chosen: Josiah Ober's Political Dissent in ... That leads to a certain idea of what knowledge is, or what power is, what one ...

In metaphysics Plato envisioned a systematic, rational treatment of the forms and their interrelations, starting with the most fundamental among them (the Good, or the One); in ethics and moral psychology he developed the view that the good life requires not just a certain kind of knowledge (as Socrates had suggested) but also habituation to Knowledge and Power in Plato’s Political Thought Article in International Journal of Philosophical Studies 14(1):51-77 · March 2006 with 808 Reads How we measure 'reads'