Statesman

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Platonic dialogue philosophical work political philosophy text

Statesman is one of Plato’s late political dialogues that examines the nature of true political leadership and the qualities of an ideal ruler.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Statesman canonical	11
The Statesman	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Platonic dialogue ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ political philosophy text ⓘ
addressesQuestion	What distinguishes a genuine ruler from a mere politician? ⓘ What is a true statesman? ⓘ
author	Plato ⓘ
dialogueForm	Socratic dialogue ⓘ
discussesConcept	Kronos era and Zeus era ⓘ classification of constitutions ⓘ division method (diairesis) ⓘ ideal ruler ⓘ law and legality ⓘ measure and due measure ⓘ myth of cosmic cycles ⓘ rule of law versus rule of the expert ⓘ statesmanship as a technē ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Eleatic Stranger ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Theodorus ⓘ Young Socrates ⓘ
focusesOn	education of rulers ⓘ expert knowledge in governance ⓘ true political leadership ⓘ
follows	Sophist ⓘ
hasForm	dramatic conversation ⓘ
influenced	Neoplatonism ⓘ later political theory ⓘ medieval political thought ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme	definition of the true statesman ⓘ distinction between genuine and false rulers ⓘ nature of political expertise ⓘ rule by knowledge ⓘ science of statesmanship ⓘ
originalTitle	Politikos ⓘ
partOf	Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" ⓘ surface form: Plato's late dialogues
period	late Plato ⓘ
philosophicalGenre	metaphysical dialogue ⓘ political dialogue ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek philosophy Platonic political philosophy ⓘ
precedes	Philebus ⓘ
relatedWork	Laws ⓘ Republic ⓘ Sophists ⓘ surface form: Sophist Theaetetus ⓘ
setting	Athens ⓘ
title	Statesman ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plato → notableWork → Statesman ⓘ

Theaetetus → relatedWork → Statesman ⓘ

Theaetetus → precedesInTrilogy → Statesman ⓘ

Socratic dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Statesman ⓘ

Plato's dialogue "Sophist" → isFollowedBy → Statesman ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophist

late Plato → includesDialogue → Statesman ⓘ

subject surface form: Late Plato

Politikos → alternativeName → Statesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Statesman

Eleatic Stranger → appearsIn → Statesman ⓘ

Platonic corpus → containsWork → Statesman ⓘ

Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Statesman ⓘ

Late dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Statesman ⓘ

writings of Plato → containsWork → Statesman ⓘ