Joan Maragall: un aristocràtic platònic preocupat per la democràcia

catalaEl creixement de les idees i les reivindicacions democratiques preocupen Joan Maragall. Enten que han arribat per quedar-se i cal pensar les limitacions que te aquest pensament politic per les condicions del poble que hauria de governar. L’article vol aproximar-se a les reflexions de Maragall sobre la democracia, i tambe sobre l’aristocracia, que hauria de tenir, al seu parer, totes les virtuts per exercir el govern. Unes reflexions que connecten Maragall amb destacats pensadors de l’epoca que escriuen des de la mateixa preocupacio. Unes reflexions que avui ens poden ajudar a pensar unes societats que es volen democratiques. EnglishThe growth of ideas and the democratic demands concerned Joan Maragall. He understands that they have arrived to stay and that it is necessary to think about the limitations that this political current has in terms of the conditions of the people it must govern. This article interrogates Maragall’s reflections on democracy, and also on the aristocracy, that must have, according to him, all the virtues needed in order to govern. These reflections link Maragall to outstanding thinkers of the period who wrote from the same sense of concern. Today, these reflections can help us think about the democratic societies we want.