In several essays I will examine the idea of democracy, a widely but imprecisely understood concept in Ethiopian political discourse. I should like contribute toward a modest understanding of a favorite idea. I will argue that at the minimum one can develop four kinds of democracy, which I call classical democracy, modern democracy, contempo- rary democracy and radical democracy. The first three are intertwined phases of democracy The last one has yet to be theorized, as I modestly attempt in this year long Democracy Project, as I wish to call it.
In the powerful pages of The Republic, Plato introduces us to the various ways of the construction of regimes and personalities that govern them. We are asked to imagine the human soul to have three parts: reason, desire and appetites The human soul then comes divided into three parts, just like regimes are governed by three dominant principles. There are those regimes that value reason, those that yearn for desire, and those that succumb to unruly appetites. The genuine leader, Plato instructs, like the psychologist ought to be keenly aware of human nature. The ruler must attend to
the distribution of reason,desire and appetites in the consti- tution of the citizen. The goal of the well-governed regime ought to be the cultivation of harmonious regimes and well- balanced human souls. Plato ten proceeds to construct the ups and downs of regimes by focusing on the ups and downs of human souls.
On the shores of classical Greece, the childhood home of humanity, arose a powerful philosopher, Plato, the brilliant student of Socrates, the wise thinker, the founder of philoso phy, the lover of wisdom, who deeply thought about the idea of democracy. It was he who systematically developed forms of regimes or governments and corresponding kinds of personalities. These ideas are explored in his famous Republic.
The Republic is divided into ten books. Book Eight is devoted to the exploration of forms of regimes that are appropriate for human beings. Plato introduces us to five regime types and five political personalities.
In several essays I will examine the idea of democracy, a widely but imprecisely understood concept in Ethiopian political discourse. I should like contribute toward a modest understanding of a favorite idea. I will argue that at the minimum one can develop four kinds of democracy, which I call classical democracy, modern democracy, contempo- rary democracy and radical democracy. The first three are intertwined phases of democracy The last one has yet to be theorized, as I modestly attempt in this year long Democracy Project, as I wish to call it.
In the powerful pages of The Republic, Plato introduces us to the various ways of the construction of regimes and personalities that govern them. We are asked to imagine the human soul to have three parts: reason, desire and appetites The human soul then comes divided into three parts, just like regimes are governed by three dominant principles. There are those regimes that value reason, those that yearn for desire, and those that succumb to unruly appetites. The genuine leader, Plato instructs, like the psychologist ought to be keenly aware of human nature. The ruler must attend to
the distribution of reason,desire and appetites in the consti- tution of the citizen. The goal of the well-governed regime ought to be the cultivation of harmonious regimes and well- balanced human souls. Plato ten proceeds to construct the ups and downs of regimes by focusing on the ups and downs of human souls.
On the shores of classical Greece, the childhood home of humanity, arose a powerful philosopher, Plato, the brilliant student of Socrates, the wise thinker, the founder of philoso phy, the lover of wisdom, who deeply thought about the idea of democracy. It was he who systematically developed forms of regimes or governments and corresponding kinds of personalities. These ideas are explored in his famous Republic.
The Republic is divided into ten books. Book Eight is devoted to the exploration of forms of regimes that are appropriate for human beings. Plato introduces us to five regime types and five political personalities.
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