Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 1983
Publication Title
Polity
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to determine whether, and to what extent, Plato's classic defense of justice in the Republic applies not only to philosophers, but to ordinary human beings--to warriors and artisans. The paper pursues this question by considering the benefits that accrue to the warrior and artisan classes from their submission to the rule of philosopher kings, as well as the benefits to spiritedness and appetite from their subordination to reason.
Volume
15
Issue
4
First Page
515
Last Page
535
Recommended Citation
Coby, John Patrick, "On Warriors and Artisans: The Case for Moral Virtue in Plato's Republic" (1983). Government: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/gov_facpubs/42
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.