000 01648cam a22003373u 4500
001 1738
003 UtSlPG
005 20260610133049.0
006 m
007 cr n
008 260607r1999||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d
040 _aUtSlPG
041 7 _aen
_2iso639-1
050 4 _aJC
_aPA
100 1 _aPlato,
_d428? BCE-348? BCE
245 1 0 _aStatesman
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c1999
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statesman_(dialogue)
500 _aRelease date is 1999-05-01
508 _aProduced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aClassical literature
653 _aPolitical science -- Early works to 1800
700 1 _aJowett, Benjamin,
_d1817-1893
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1738
999 _c43852
_d43852