| Summary/Abstract |
The practice of intelligence predates the institutionalization of intelligence by millennia. This is especially clear in the Fifth Century BCE Greek city states. It was during this period that the Socratic philosophers lived and wrote about political things. Since much of our modern terminology and understanding of politics began with these thinkers, a look at the way they integrated the activities of intelligence into their understanding of political matters would say something about the relationship between intelligence and politics. This, in turn, contributes to our current efforts to theorize intelligence.
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