Matthew Duncombe has recieved funding from the British Academy, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, the Royal Institute of Philosophy, the EU Erasmus+ Staff Mobility scheme and the Spanish Ministry ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The Republic , the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western Political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the ...

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And could it hold the key to understanding why, across the West, confidence in democracy is declining? The arguments Plato makes against democracy in The Republic are spoken by the philosopher ...

Matthew Duncombe, Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, suggests that an ancient philosopher might have some answers. Duncombe explores how Plato’s timeless ideas in The ...

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