Abstract
In Germany the claim is sometimes made that National Socialism incorporates the best of Plato’s political theory. In this country, too, Bertrand Russell and Mr. R. H. Crossman have emphasized, but with a different intention, the fascist elements in Plato's thought. It has to be admitted that whereas it would be merely laughable to claim that Jesus or Kant were exponents of the fascist philosophy, there is no such glaring incongruity with regard to Plato. It may be of some interest, therefore, to examine anew the alleged likeness between the basic principles of fascism and the thought of Plato. No one would deny a strong likeness between some details of Plato’s
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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1. Heidegger, Jaeger, Plato: The Politics of Humanism;International Journal of the Classical Tradition;2012-06
2. Bibliography;A Companion to the Classical Tradition;2007-11-30