Universal Tyranny: The Socratic Attack on Tyrannical Psychology

Elucidates the shared insight into the critique of tyrannical rule among Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle.

Universal Tyranny offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the critique of tyranny in the thought of Socrates's greatest students: Plato, Aristotle, and Xenophon. The Socratics are the only thinkers to confront the problem of tyranny on its own terms, as a permanent and plausibly attractive option in politics. They explore what people find attractive in tyrannical power and elucid...