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- Title
COMMENT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ANCIENT CITY. PLATO.
- Authors
VASILESCU, Gabriela
- Abstract
The article proposes to present the administrative organization imagined by Plato in the two dialogues of The Republic and The Laws. These fundamental works for Plato's sociological conception have been achieved in a particular socio-political context: the abolition of the Athenian democracy and the consolidation of tyranny. This is why Plato leaves Athens and imagines another city where the principle of justice will determine the Good for all citizens. The two papers ponder on the administrative-territorial organization, analyzing mainly an ideal type of citizen and justice. The style is metaphorical and the main ideas aim at education, justice, social structure and the practical activities that are legally regulated. The main idea, found in both dialogues, is that of the public Good, alongside four moral virtues: wisdom, temperance, justice, and moderation. The laws contain important ideas from the constitutional, civil and criminal law. We add to these the entire social organization in the Republic as a reminder that the ancient world represented the model of the modern world.
- Subjects
GREECE; PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; DEMOCRACY; DICTATORSHIP
- Publication
Journal of Law & Administrative Sciences, 2017, Issue 8, p39
- ISSN
2392-8298
- Publication type
Article