Saving the City: Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical ParadigmsSaving the City provides a detailed analysis of the attempts of ancient writers and thinkers, from Homer to Cicero, to construct and recommend political ideals of statesmanship and ruling, of the political community and of how it should be founded in justice. Malcolm Schofield debates to what extent the Greeks and Romans deal with the same issues as modern political thinkers. |
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Sommario
The disappearing philosopherking 31 | |
Zeno of Citiums antiutopianism 51 | |
Plato on the economy 69 | |
Political friendship and the ideology of reciprocity 82 | |
the case of Diogenes of Babylon 160 | |
Ciceros definition of res publica 178 | |
Notes 195 | |
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Saving the City: Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms Malcolm Schofield Anteprima limitata - 2003 |
Saving the City: Philosopher-kings and Other Classical Paradigms Malcolm Schofield Anteprima non disponibile - 1999 |
Saving the City: Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms Malcolm Schofield Anteprima non disponibile - 2012 |
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