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   Mar 20, 2004 · Plato (429?–347 B.C.E.) is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential authors in the history of philosophy.

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   Sep 16, 2003 · Plato’s Ethics: An Overview. First published Tue Sep 16, 2003; substantive revision Wed Feb 1, 2023. Like most other ancient philosophers, Plato maintains a virtue-based eudaemonistic conception of ethics. That is to say, happiness or well-being (eudaimonia) is the highest aim of moral thought and conduct, and the virtues (aretê ...

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   Sep 16, 2005 · General overviews and reference. Analytic philosophy of Socrates. Continental interpretations. Interpretive issues. Specialized studies. Academic Tools. Other Internet Resources.

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   Who was Plato and why is he important?

   • Plato (429?–347 B.C.E.) is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential authors in the history of philosophy.

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   Is Plato a political philosopher?

   • The same point—that we must view the dialogues as the product of a single mind, a single philosopher, though perhaps one who changes his mind—can be made in connection with the politics of Plato’s works (see Bobonich 2002). It is noteworthy, to begin with, that Plato is, among other things, a political philosopher.

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   • The bibliography below is meant as a highly selective and limited guide for readers who want to learn more about the issues covered above. Further discussion of these and other issues regarding Plato’s philosophy, and far more bibliographical information, is available in the other entries on Plato.

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   Is Plato a good philosopher?

   • When one compares Plato with some of the other philosophers who are often ranked with him—Aristotle, Aquinas, and Kant, for example—he can be recognized to be far more exploratory, incompletely systematic, elusive, and playful than they.

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9. plato.stanford.edu › entries › plato-ethics-politicsPlato’s Ethics and Politics in The Republic (Stanford ...

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   Apr 1, 2003 · This article, however, focuses on the ethics and politics of Plato’s Republic. For more on what the Republic says about knowledge and its objects, see Plato: middle period metaphysics and epistemology, and for more about the discussion of the poets, see Plato: rhetoric and poetry.

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