[PDF] The Cambridge Companion To Ancient Greek Political Thought eBook

Author : Stephen Salkever
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139828029

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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of political life. Focusing on texts by Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, they examine perennial issues, including rights and virtues, democracy and the rule of law, community formation and maintenance, and the ways in which theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political practice.

Author : Christopher Rowe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 27,86 MB
Release : 2000-05-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521481366

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A definitive reference work on Greek and Roman political thought from the age of Homer to late antiquity, first published in 2000.

Author : Ryan K. Balot
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 34,66 MB
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1118556682

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A COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT Justice, virtue, and citizenship were at the center of political life in ancient Greece and Rome and were frequently discussed by classical poets, historians, and philosophers. This Companion illuminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science provide stimulating discussions of classical political thought, ranging from the Archaic Greek epics to the final days of the Roman Empire and beyond. These essays strike a judicious yet thought-provoking balance between theoretical and historical perspectives. A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought is an authoritative guide to the ancient Greek and Roman political questions that continue to shape and challenge the modern world.

Author : H. A. Shapiro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 34,35 MB
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1139826999

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The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece provides a wide-ranging synthesis of history, society, and culture during the formative period of Ancient Greece, from the Age of Homer in the late eighth century to the Persian Wars of 490–480 BC. In ten clearly written and succinct chapters, leading scholars from around the English-speaking world treat all aspects of the civilization of Archaic Greece, from social, political, and military history to early achievements in poetry, philosophy, and the visual arts. Archaic Greece was an age of experimentation and intellectual ferment that laid the foundations for much of Western thought and culture. Individual Greek city-states rose to great power and wealth, and after a long period of isolation, many cities sent out colonies that spread Hellenism to all corners of the Mediterranean world. This Companion offers a vivid and fully documented account of this critical stage in the history of the West.

Author : Loren J. Samons II
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 21,68 MB
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1139826697

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Mid-fifth-century Athens saw the development of the Athenian empire, the radicalization of Athenian democracy through the empowerment of poorer citizens, the adornment of the city through a massive and expensive building program, the classical age of Athenian tragedy, the assembly of intellectuals offering novel approaches to philosophical and scientific issues, and the end of the Spartan-Athenian alliance against Persia and the beginning of open hostilities between the two greatest powers of ancient Greece. The Athenian statesman Pericles both fostered and supported many of these developments. Although it is no longer fashionable to view Periclean Athens as a social or cultural paradigm, study of the history, society, art, and literature of mid-fifth-century Athens remains central to any understanding of Greek history. This collection of essays reveal the political, religious, economic, social, artistic, literary, intellectual, and military infrastructure that made the Age of Pericles possible.

Author : Ryan K. Balot
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1405152214

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This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought showswhat ancient political texts might mean to citizens of thetwenty-first century. A provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greekpolitical thought Demonstrates what ancient Greek works of political philosophymight mean to citizens of the twenty-first century Examines an array of poetic, historical, and philosophicaltexts in an effort to locate Greek political thought in itscultural context Pays careful attention to the distinctively ancient connectionsbetween politics and ethics Structured around key themes such as the origins of politicalthought, political self-definition, revolutions in politicalthought, democracy and imperialism

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 10,78 MB
Release : 1995-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521437684

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Including the works of more than thirty authors, this edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes the origin of human society and law; the nature of justice and good government; the distribution of power among genders and social classes.

Author : Michael A. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 35,23 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1107050065

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Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.

Author : Donald R. Morrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521833426

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Essays from a diverse group of experts providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher.

Author : Marguerite Deslauriers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1107004683

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This volume provides an overview of political problems as Aristotle conceived of them his Politics.