Greek Political Theory (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 18)

Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left, and a prophet of Socialism, Plato has lately been interpreted as a revolutionary of the Right and a forerunner of Fascism. In this book Plato appears as himself – a revolutionary indeed, and even an authoritarian, but a revolutionary of the pure idea of the Good, and an authoritarian of the pure reason, unattached either to the Right or the Left.