Was Plato a Tyrant? A Review of Robin J. Varma’s “Ruling Bodies”
Robin J. Varma. Ruling Bodies: A Study of Coercion and Punishment in Plato's Republic, Laws, and Gorgias. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022. Where does Plato fall…
Robin J. Varma. Ruling Bodies: A Study of Coercion and Punishment in Plato's Republic, Laws, and Gorgias. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022. Where does Plato fall…
The most vast and ambitious commercial enterprises of all times are the contemporary media conglomerates, an existing but not tangible corpse of powers. Predators of faces, dates,…
William Shakespeare, that great bard of Stratford-upon-Avon, was not a political theorist. But he had much to say about politics. Or, at least, his plays are often…
A close reading of Aristotle’s The Politics presents the political theorist or student of political theory with a range of issues for contemplation and analysis, and consequently…
The idea seems to be that even someone who has discipline, works hard, and is very active, will nonetheless still be unhappy if their own character is…
Probably the most famous letter writer of the ancient world was Cicero. In 59 B.C., Cicero wrote to Gaius Scribonius: “There are many sorts of letters. But…
A recurring theme in Plato’s dialogues, including his Seventh Letter, describes the education of a young man who wants to achieve the highest things, which he considers…
Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice, and Terror. Waller R. Newell. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Tyrants is the third book by Waller Newell…
Tyranny: A New Interpretation. Waller R. Newell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. In recent years whenever I am obliged to teach the history of European political…