Re-examining the ‘Compulsion Problem’ in Plato’s Republic
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<a href="https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/8605/7529" target="_blank" >https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/8605/7529</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2183-4105_22_12" target="_blank" >10.14195/2183-4105_22_12</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Re-examining the ‘Compulsion Problem’ in Plato’s Republic
Original language description
Scholars have made several attempts to understand the ‘compulsion problem’ in the Republic, namely, why Plato compels the philosopher-rulers to descend into the cave to rule. These attempts, however, fail to properl incorporate two other main instances of compulsion in the dialogue into the discussion: first, the compulsion in Plato’s concept of philosophical rulership, which requires that one can be a ruler in Kallipolis if and only if one is a product of the coincidence of philosophy and politics; second, the instances of compulsion in the future philosopher-rulers’ education. My main aim in this paper is to re-examine the compulsion problem’. I argue that the just law that compels the philosopher-rulers to rule corroborates Plato’s concept of education to achieve the product of his concept of philosophical rulership, i.e. rulers who despise ruling.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
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S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Plato Journal
ISSN
2079-7567
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Volume of the periodical
22
Issue of the periodical within the volume
October
Country of publishing house
PT - PORTUGAL
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
177-195
UT code for WoS article
000727978200013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85121999575