The Unity of Statesman and Philosopher in Plato’s Thoughts

Bahrani, Morteza

The Unity of Statesman and Philosopher in Plato’s Thoughts

Document Type : Research Article

Author

Morteza Bahrani

Assistant Professor of the Iranian Institute for Social and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran,

Abstract

There have been different readings of Plato’s works and treatises, especially in relation to “Republic”. Among them, treatises of this statesman and sophist are of special importance. Plato, in “Sophist”, writes that he would have a sufficient inquiry on “Philosopher” in a near future. This statement has led some researchers to look for Plato’s lost book on the “philosopher”. Does the statement really mean that he had in mind to write the book “Philosopher” especially considering the fact that he had written the “Statesman” before this? This paper, by focusing on the different readings, studies the relationship between “Sophist” and “Statesman”, and claims that writing of an independent treatise by Plato, under the name of “Philosopher” was not what he intended to do. In fact, by writing “Sophist” and “Statesman” he had characterized “Philosopher” to his readers. All the characteristics of the “Philosopher” are available in the previous treatises. This article drawing on the internal logic of Plato’s thought, this claim has been investigated from different perspectives.
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Keywords

Plato

Sophist

Statesman

the Philosopher

the Unity

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