Political discussion scene and philosophy as political action in Plato's Politeia dialogue

In this study, the nature of political action is examined by emphasizing the connection between politics and philosophy. While Parmenides's Peri Physeus was chosen as the starting point for the analysis, the emergence conditions of Peri Physeus were also scrutinized. Therefore, myths, tragedies and the schools of thought that emerged after them were also examined in terms of their influence on the philosophy of Parmenides. However, the name at the center of the study is Plato. When the relationship between politics and philosophy and the nature of political action were discussed we have consulted Plato's dialogues, especially the Politeia. Although the study is not intended to reveal a new interpretation of Peri Physeus and Politeia, it can be said that a new reading of Peri Physeus and Politeia has been made. The aim of the study is to show that politics does not exist on its own, but as a substage of philosophy. The attitude that accepts that politics exists on its own is problematized, the dilemmas of this attitude are explained, and in this context the idea of developing a new attitude is emphasized. This new attitude has been developed on the basis of the theses that "politics is subordinate to philosophy" and "political action is to be a party to theoretical activity". As a result, the participation of a citizen who wishes to live according to the idea that "a privileged point of view should be taken as a basis in politics", which we believe to be defended by Plato from the mouth of Socrates, in a political scene where this view is not accepted, the participation of this citizen in politics can only be through a theoretical activity.