Plato's democratic entanglements
Subtitle: Athenian politics and the practice of philosophy
By: S. Sara Monoson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Plato -- Views on democracy; Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History
Description: "In this book, S. Sara Monoson challenges the longstanding and widely held view that Plato is a virulent opponent of all things democratic. She does not, however, offer in its place the equally mistaken idea that he is somehow a partisan of democracy. Instead, she argues that we should attend more closely to Plato's suggestion that democracy is horrifying and exciting, and she seeks to explain why he found it morally and politically intriguing."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes