Catch up: Plato and the Idea of Political Office Watch more via: https://gres.hm/plato-office Professor Melissa Lane on how Plato’s Republic confronted the challenges of political office (archē), and how Plato took the risk of abuse of power far more seriously than has been generally recognised... University Center for Human Values, Princeton University Princeton Politics Department Princeton University Press Princeton University #ancientgreece #politicalhistory #philosophy #politicalphilosophy

Plato is one of the most important Western philosophers, exerting influence on virtually every figure in philosophy after him. He was the student of Socrates. All Western philosophy is, as Dr, Whitehead said, "a footnote to Plato." Despite all of the technology and other changes, not a single Western philosopher, to date, has discussed or invented any idea that is not already present in Plato's work His dialogue The Republic is known as the first comprehensive work on political philosophy. Plato