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by Zickzack
1546 days ago
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The article refers only to the Politeia (republic). And most commentators do the same. It is pretty likely that they do so because they know little Plato. Popper, however, knew more than that. While the totalitarian tendencies in the Politeia are already indicated1, Popper refers to later dialogues such as the Nomoi (Laws) which spell it out. 1where Plato's Socrates takes on the task of refuting himself- a common rhethoric ploy trying limit the power of interpretation to oneself Further, Popper made it abundantly clear that whosoever thought that Popper's critique of Plato referred only to the Politeia had not read Popper at all. So far so bad. Philosophers as well as there reception can be a sobering experience. |
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