PLATO’S TREATISE "THE STATE" AS ONE OF THE FIRST ATTEMPTS TO CLASSIFY THE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
The article is devoted to investigating the system of government forms described by Plato in the dialogue "The State" in accordance with the modern interpretation of the term "classification". The author analyzes the features which were the basis for distinguishing the types of government mentioned in the dialogue, and also explores the relevance of Plato’s typology of government forms to logical classification rules.