Filozofia wobec politycznego przymusu. Analiza początku ks. I Platońskiego "Państwa"

Abstract

The importance of the introduction to the first book of Plato’s Republic has been underrated by contemporary scholars. However, the scene in question is of great importance for understanding the relationship between philosophy and politics, and the very sense of political philosophy. Leo Strauss and his school (A. Bloom, S. Rosen, S. Benardete) have presented a very influential interpretation of this introductory scene of Plato’s Republic. This article gives an account of that interpretation and points out how the Straussians use a new method of reading Plato’s philosophy in a political context.