Table of Contents:
  • v.1 Plato as critic of democracy: ancient and contemporary / John P. Anton - Could Plato be used as an ally against the decay of democracy? / J. Frederik M. Arends - The kinds and ways of life, desire and good / Konstantine Boudouris - Why Plato is not a philosophical elitist / Geoff S. Bowe - Platonic ambivalence: human and natural justice: a current dialogue / John D. Gericke - The double conception of justice in Platoʹs dialogue Gorgias / Ales Havlicek - The economic man in Platoʹs Republic / Vassilis Karasmanis - Elements of sociological functionalism in Platoʹs political philosophy / Eleni Karabatzaki - Mensh, Natur und Gesetz in Platons politische Philosophie / Franscisco L. Lisi - The descent into the cave / Thomas M. Olshewsky - The place and justification of the good and social justice in the good life in Platoʹs Republic / Erik Ostenfeld - Argumentation about natural human desire in Platoʹs Republic / Ronald Polansky and Leigh C. Viner - Rhetoric and political leadership in Platoʹs Statesman / John Poulakos - Is Plato a friend or enemy of democracy / Richard Purtill and L. Cherbakova - Society and the individual: the platonic heritage / Thomas M. Robinson - Plato, human nature and human rights / Jeremiah Reedy - Number and proportion in Platoʹs political theory / Werner Schulze - Plato, reason and democracy / R. F. Stalley - Women, citizenship, democracy: the challenge of the Republic / Joanne Waugh - Plato, the good and the failure of modern democracy / Laura Westra