Modern Philosopher Kings

Name: Modern Philosopher Kings
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
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Wisdom and Power in Politics

By: Haig Patapan

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Paperback | 11 March 2025

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216 Pages

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Can wisdom and power, philosophy and politics be combined to secure justice? Or are there formidable tensions, even antagonism between them? Socrates presented the philosopher king as an aspiration, a remedy for the ills of the world. He also called it a paradox, a challenging and perplexing innovation. Ever since, the philosopher king has been an enduring and fascinating question as well as a political aspiration. Modern Philosopher Kings examines the philosopher king as a paradox and an ambitious modern project. Through a series of diverse studies ranging from the prophet, intellectual, artist, advisor, scientist and 'the people' it examines modern attempts to unite wisdom and power. In doing so it reveals the different ways and the extent to which wisdom can be empowered and power ennobled.

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Haig Patapan's book proposes a learned and original approach to the notion of power analysed in conjunction with wisdom, and adds ground-breaking scholarship to the fields of both political theory and comparative philosophy.

--Franseco Borghesi, Universit? di Modena e Reggio Emilia

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