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Freedom as Justice: Hegel's Interpretation of Plato's Republic
Author(s) -
Ware Robert Bruce
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9973.00150
Subject(s) - hegelianism , epistemology , metaphilosophy , interpretation (philosophy) , normative , philosophy , relation (database) , economic justice , politics , principal (computer security) , political philosophy , modern philosophy , law , political science , linguistics , database , computer science , operating system
Hegel's interpretation of Plato's political thought provides the principal illustration of his metaphilosophy. However, Hegel has been criticized for imposing his own metaphilosophical agenda upon Plato's work, and for consequently overestimating its descriptive content while underestimating its prescriptively normative features. A reexamination of Hegel's metaphilosophy nevertheless reveals that he appreciated the broader significance of Plato's political philosophy within a conceptual framework that transcends the traditional dichotomy of description and prescription and that explores issues concerning the relation of theory and practice.