Book VIII
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Book VIII is a section of Plato’s Republic in which Socrates analyzes the decline of ideal political constitutions through successive corrupt forms of government and corresponding character types.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Book VIII (Plato's Republic) | 0 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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part of philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| addresses | stability of the just city ⓘ |
| analyzes | kallipolis (ideal city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | analysis of degeneration from ideal aristocracy ⓘ |
| contrasts | philosopher-rulers with later corrupt rulers ⓘ |
| correlates |
democratic state with democratic man
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oligarchic state with oligarchic man ⓘ political constitutions with soul-types ⓘ timocratic state with timocratic man ⓘ tyrannical state with tyrannical man ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| discusses |
democracy
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oligarchy ⓘ timocracy ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
| explains |
how desires shape political structures
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how internal conflicts lead to regime change ⓘ |
| follows | Book VII (Plato's Republic) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | ancient political theory ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 4th century BCE Greek political thought ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical republican thought
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later theories of regime cycles ⓘ modern discussions of democracy and tyranny ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corruption of ideal state
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decline of political constitutions ⓘ relationship between political regimes and character types ⓘ |
| partOf | Plato's Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTopic |
moral psychology
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political philosophy ⓘ theory of the soul ⓘ |
| precedes | Book IX (Plato's Republic) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentsSequenceOfRegimes |
aristocracy to timocracy
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democracy to tyranny ⓘ oligarchy to democracy ⓘ timocracy to oligarchy ⓘ |
| primarySpeaker | Socrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setsUp | critique of tyranny in Book IX ⓘ |
| workOf | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
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