Stásis and political regime change in Plato’s Republic

Authors

  • Admar Costa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61378/enun.v5i1.91

Keywords:

politics, stasis, revolution, tyranny and democracy

Abstract

The term stasis is particularly important to the vocabulary of Plato's political thought. It is playing a fundamental role in the description of the moment when a given political regime becomes unstable and undergoes radical changes. In addition, Plato uses the term stasis to describe states of mind, using a very specific individual, the tyrant, to introduce him as incapable of self-control and, consequently, as the most unprepared to be the government of the city.

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Published

2021-10-12

Issue

Revista Enunciação - v. 5, n.1 (2020)

Section

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