The Platonic Concept of Peace as a Fundamental Human Right

• Authors: Ianne Mino
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Plato is the first philosopher who speaks about the genesis of dialectic between civil war and outside war. The war among States may be considered a righteous war when an outside enemy threats the freedom of the polis, as freedom – from Plato’s point of view and the whole classical Greek culture point of view – is the fundamental human right that makes a man a citizen and not a slave. From Plato’s point of view this objective can be achieved by means of the education promoted by the State that helps the citizens to realize his essence as man. The State, therefore, realizes the natural order among citizens thus educated, that may only consist in a proportional equality of all citizens for their friendship and thus for peace. The polis becomes a unity and a real political community only thanks to the peace granted by that friendship.

Keywords

EN

Plato; human rights; concept of peace; civil war

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki Euroregionalnej im. Alcide De Gasperi w Józefowie
• Journal: Journal of Modern Science
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 1(28)
• Pages: 155-166

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Ianne Mino

• University of Bari (Italy)

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Identifiers

ISSN

1734-2031