Abstract
Plato suggested ways to regulate and integrate slaves within the legal system of his Utopian Cretan polis Magnesia as described in his work, Laws. This text alone invalidates most criticism of Popper's presentation of Plato's political views. His 50-year-old reading of Plato fits the text better than any other. To preserve the noble tradition of classical scholarship, classical scholars should acknowledge explicitly that he was correct, and that by now they have surreptitiously incorporated the substance of his views.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 315-347 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2007 |
Keywords
- Apologetics
- Classical scholarship
- Laws
- Plato
- Popper
- Slavery