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Plato Was Not So Far Wrong: Recalling Athenian Democracy

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The Art of Deliberating

Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics ((SAPERE,volume 6))

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Where the history of Greek democracy is told in brief and it is shown that it was not all a bed of roses. Where the truth of whether Pseudo-Xenophon, Thucydides and Plato were really antidemocratic is evaluated and finally, where it is claimed that the role of elites can be hindered (for demagogical reasons), but not eliminated.

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Boniolo, G. (2012). Plato Was Not So Far Wrong: Recalling Athenian Democracy. In: The Art of Deliberating. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31954-9_2

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