TY  - BOOK
AU  - Plato
AU  - Jowett,Benjamin
TI  - Statesman
AV  - JCPA 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Classical literature
KW  - Political science -- Early works to 1800
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statesman_(dialogue); Release date is 1999-05-01; Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Statesman" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue that follows the action of the "Sophist." The work depicts a philosophical conversation seeking to define what makes a true statesman, distinguishing this figure from both sophist and philosopher. Through dialectical investigation and the method of division, the interlocutors explore whether genuine political power requires specialized knowledge of just rule—or whether most rulers merely imitate such wisdom without possessing it. The dialogue raises questions about who should govern and why. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1738
ER  -