Plato is the well known and widely studied of all the ancient Greek philosophers. This work offers a guide to Plato's political thought, influential in the modern world as well as the ancient. It discusses Plato's ideas on education, democracy and its shortcomings, the role of knowledge in governmen...

Plato is the well known and widely studied of all the ancient Greek philosophers. This work offers a guide to Plato's political thought, influential in the modern world as well as the ancient. It discusses Plato's ideas on education, democracy and its shortcomings, the role of knowledge in government, utopia and the idea of community, and more.