Project Gutenberg 1999-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 571 Plato -428 -348 Πλάτων Jowett, Benjamin 1817 1893 Jowett, William Statesman Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "Statesman" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written during the late 4th century BC. The text explores the nature of statesmanship and the qualities that define a true leader, contrasting these ideals with the various forms of government and societal roles. Through a conversation featuring Socrates and other philosophical figures, Plato seeks to uncover the essence of political science and its application to governance, making compelling arguments about knowledge, power, and the ideal state. At the start of "Statesman," the dialogue opens with Socratic questioning about the classification of knowledge and the nature of a statesman. The Eleatic Stranger suggests that sciences can be divided into two main categories: theoretical and practical. As the conversation unfolds, the Stranger and Younger Socrates deliberate on the distinctions between various forms of governance and their respective practitioners, ultimately aiming to define what true statesmanship entails. The dialogue is structured around dialectical reasoning and explores various analogies, such as weaving, to illustrate the complexities of political leadership and the art of governing, setting the stage for a deeper philosophical inquiry into the essence of effective rule. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Classical literature Political science -- Early works to 1800 JC PA Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 294157 294166 2024-09-01T10:52:18.479909 2023-10-01T09:52:22.417498 text/html text/html 288673 2013-01-16T10:58:18 text/html; charset=us-ascii 90328 2013-01-16T10:59:00 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 136895 2024-09-01T10:52:23.312877 application/epub+zip 139353 2024-09-01T10:52:19.828911 application/epub+zip 139354 2024-09-01T10:52:19.001980 application/epub+zip 249807 2024-09-01T10:52:26.033877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235788 2024-09-01T10:52:22.776901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235776 2022-09-01T12:18:32.306259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253004 252980 2024-09-01T10:52:17.978921 2023-10-01T09:52:21.960511 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 252846 2008-11-07T08:13:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86930 2008-11-07T08:14:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19117 2024-09-01T10:52:26.171860 application/rdf+xml 10097 2024-09-01T10:52:19.356893 image/jpeg 2795 2024-09-01T10:52:19.177901 image/jpeg 136627 2024-09-01T10:52:18.503916 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia