The Guardians in Action: Plato the Teacher and the Post-Republic Dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus

Wood, J. Luke; Publications, Mathesis

doi:10.5840/ancientphil201838115

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“…Acknowledging that there are real problems to be addressed and that only a continuous and ongoing training can address the aporias and deadlocks at hand, a guardian works within the conditions on the ground. Hence, a guardian is "not a fantastical leader of a fantastical city, but an enlightened citizen of any city who has now acquired the ability, and with it the obligation, to apply the lessons learned by working for justice, in imitation of Socrates" (Wood, 2018).…”

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12 Characteristics for a Ruler S Life: Guardianship in Books I-v of Plato S Republic

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2019

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This paper presents an exploration of the first five books of Plato's Republic to express the relevance of characterizing 12 traits for a ruler's life. Contemporary problems today center on education, so that the problem of teaching and learning in society becomes a crucial dimension of political life. It is in this sense that the problem posed by Plato is still relevant up-to-date. Seeing this problem as a quasi-impossibility, the paper opens up the space to discuss the training of rulers or guardianship as a craft that is teachable, unselfish, and monofunctional. To explain this further, the job of being an educated citizen is presented as laden with 12 interconnected characteristics that altogether forge the hope for a just order.

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12 Characteristics for a Ruler S Life: Guardianship in Books I-v of Plato S Republic

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The Guardians in Action: Plato the Teacher and the Post-Republic Dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus

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12 Characteristics for a Ruler S Life: Guardianship in Books I-v of Plato S Republic

12 Characteristics for a Ruler S Life: Guardianship in Books I-v of Plato S Republic

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