Abstract
This article deals with the puzzling issue of Plato's differing classifications of constitutions in the Republic and the Statesman and of his view of the best city. The author rejects the familiar interpretations, which see these differences as minor variations or as the result of changes in Plato's political philosophy in the course of time. It is his position that the differences in the classification of regimes are attributable to differences in their respective advocates, Socrates and the Eleatic stranger, concerning the relationship between philosophy and politics. His comparisons of the psychological theories and political criteria held by the principal characters of the two dialogues reaffirms Plato's support of the position attributed to Socrates.
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