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Tyranny: A tyranny is a form of government in which a ruler holds absolute power and exercises it in an oppressive and cruel manner. In a tyranny, the ruler's power is not constrained by law or other institutions. See also Dictatorship, State.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Plato on Tyranny - Dictionary of Arguments

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Tyranny/Platon/Höffe: Towards the beginning of the dialogue, in Book I ((s) of the Politeia), the prototype of the unjust, the tyrant, who is supposed to be
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is best.(1)
Many books later, only in Book IX, a conflict is staged according to the pattern of a sporting contest, in which the just man wins over the unjust, whereby the tyrannically-minded ruler is in the "worst and most unfortunate" position and Thrasymachos' counter-assertion is in all clarity, admittedly only now refuted.
>Polis/Plato
, >Politics/Plato, >Philosopher king/Plato, >Governance/Plato, >Power/Plato.

1. I 344a ff.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

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