Effects of the Ancient Iranian Ideal-Kingship Theory on Plato’s Philosopher King

Shoja Ahmadvand; Ahamd Reza Bordbar

Volume 5, Issue 18 , December 2016, , Pages 9-33

https://doi.org/10.22054/qpss.2016.6796

Abstract
  There are numerous evidence proving that the Platonic and Aristotelian thoughts, even those of Socrates, are inspired by the Eastern, especially Persian, thought. There are two reasons for this fact: First, the state of Greece at that time and communication of the Greek with the East, especially frequent ...  Read More