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A Stranger´s Knowledge: Statesmanship, Philosophy & Law in Plato´s Statesman
Xavier Marquez
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Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
The Statesman is a difficult and puzzling Platonic dialogue. In A Stranger's Knowledge Marquez argues that Plato abandons here the classic idea, prominent in the Republic, that the philosopher, qua philosopher, is qualified to rule. Instead, the dialogue presents the statesman as different from the philosopher, the possessor of a specialist expertise that cannot be reduced to philosophy. The expertise is of how to make a city resilient against internal and external conflict in light of the imperfect sociality of human beings and the poverty of their reason. This expertise, however, cannot be produced on demand: one cannot train statesmen ... Read more
The Statesman is a difficult and puzzling Platonic dialogue. In A Stranger's Knowledge Marquez argues that Plato abandons here the classic idea, prominent in the Republic, that the philosopher, qua philosopher, is qualified to rule. Instead, the dialogue presents the statesman as different from the philosopher, the possessor of a specialist expertise that cannot be reduced to philosophy. The expertise is of how to make a city resilient against internal and external conflict in light of the imperfect sociality of human beings and the poverty of their reason. This expertise, however, cannot be produced on demand: one cannot train statesmen ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parmenides Publishing United States
Number of pages
420
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
418
Place of Publication
Las Vegas, United States
ISBN
9781930972797
SKU
V9781930972797
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About Xavier Marquez
Xavier Márquez teaches political theory and political science at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand. He specializes in the history of political thought, and has published pieces on ancient as well as modern thinkers. He is a native of Caracas, Venezuela.
Reviews for A Stranger´s Knowledge: Statesmanship, Philosophy & Law in Plato´s Statesman
The book contains an illuminating discussion of the Eleatic Stranger ’s initial divisions and his treatment of the statesman as a shepherd of human beings. Márquez persuasively argues that the bizarre details and conclusions of this discussion are in fact crucial for understanding important aspects of states- manship that are only fully developed later in the dialogue"". - The Review ... Read more