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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450072103321

Autore

Schofield Malcolm

Titolo

Saving the city : philosopher-kings and other classical paradigms / / Malcolm Schofield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-66797-3

1-134-66798-1

1-280-23635-3

9786610236350

0-203-20181-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Issues in ancient philosophy

Disciplina

320/.01

Soggetti

Political science - Greece

Political science - Rome

Law, Greek

Roman law

Civilization, Ancient

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-237) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PUBLICATION DETAILS; INTRODUCTION; 1. EUBOULIA IN THE ILIAD; 2. THE DISAPPEARING PHILOSOPHER-KING; 3. ZENO OF CITIUM'S ANTI-UTOPIANISM; 4. PLATO ON THE ECONOMY; 5. POLITICAL FRIENDSHIP AND THE IDEOLOGY OF RECIPROCITY; 6. EQUALITY AND HIERARCHY IN ARISTOTLE'S POLITICAL THOUGHT; 7. IDEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY IN ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF SLAVERY; 8. SHARING IN THE CONSTITUTION; 9. MORALITY AND THE LAW The case of Diogenes of Babylon; 10. CICERO'S DEFINITION OF RES PUBLICA; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Saving 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.