Plato's Philosopher King: A Potent Object of Hope?

• Author(s): Michael Ernest Sweet,
• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Pages: 18
• ISBN_10: 3668269254
  ISBN_13: 9783668269255
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical , Philosophy / History & Surveys / General ,

Description:... Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the Ancient World, grade: A+, Johns Hopkins University, course: Western Political Philosophy, language: English, abstract: In this essay, Michael Ernest Sweet examines the concept of Plato's philosopher-king as found in "The Republic". Is the concept a paradox and a pragmatic impossibility, or is the concept a rhetorical device and a potent object of hope on the quest to uncover the meaning of justice? Perhaps Plato's aim in constructing such a paradox is to show us the impossibility of the perfect political regime?