Lecture Six: The Purposes of Office and Rule
Turning back to Republic I in dialogue with the Statesman, this lecture explores rule as a phenomenon that includes but is broader than political office alone (which is one role through which rule can be exercised). It shows Plato to have wrestled with both the promise and the danger of a perfect identification between a person and the role of ruler.
Date: 20 February 2018, 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2018)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Speaker: Melissa Lane (Class of 1943 Professor of Politics, Princeton University)
Organising department: Faculty of History
Part of: The Carlyle Lectures - Don’t Think for Yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Laura Spence