Danzig, Gabriel
The origins of political science can be traced back to ancient Greece. Back then, the philosopher Plato wrote various dialogues about politics, justice, and what constitutes good government. Plato’s early contributions would gradually take on a more scientific approach, led by thinkers including Ari...
It is well-known feature of a number of Plato's dialogues that when Socrates asks his infamous, "what is F-ness?" question, where "F-ness" stands for "virtue" or "piety" or "courage" or "beauty" or "temperance," no one gives him the answer he wants. This may lead one to ...
On the basis of the excerpts from Wadysaw Witwicki's letters and commentaries on Plato's dialogues, the manipulation techniques which he had employed are described. Simultaneously, this paper suggests that Andrzej Nowicki, who treated his teacher Witwicki as someone wh...