Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy
<I>Politeia </I>in Greek and Roman Philosophy
£109.00
GBPThis is the first exploration of how ideas of politeia (constitution) structure both political and extra-political relations throughout the entirety of Greek and Roman philosophy, ranging from Presocratic to classical, Hellenistic, and Neoplatonic thought. A highly distinguished international team of scholars investigate topics such as the Athenian, Spartan and Platonic visions of politeia, the reshaping of Greek and Latin vocabularies of politics, the practice of politics in Plato and Proclus, the politics of value in Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics, and the extension of constitutional order to discussions of animals, gods and the cosmos. The volume is dedicated to Professor Malcolm Schofield, one of the world's leading scholars of ancient philosophy.
- Unites the political understanding of politeia with broader uses of the term in ancient Greek and Roman thought
- Provides a broad chronological overview of the uses of politeia in ancient Greek and Roman thought
- Written by a distinguished international team of contributors
Reviews & endorsements
'… a superbly and flawlessly edited collection that includes a general introduction which discusses the ample connections between Schofield's work and the volume's papers.' Thornton C. Lockwood, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Product details
No date availableAdobe eBook Reader
9781107240223
0 pages
0kg
2 b/w illus.
This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
- Introduction Verity Harte and Melissa Lane
- Part I. The Vocabulary of Politics:
- 1. The political art in Plato's Republic Alexander Long
- 2. Putting history in its place: Plato, Thucydides, and the Athenian politeia Cynthia Farrar
- 3. Platonizing the Spartan politeia in Plutarch's Lycurgus Melissa Lane
- 4. The body politic: Aëtius on Alcmaeon on isonomia and monarchia Jaap Mansfeld
- 5. Latin philosophy and Roman law Miriam Griffin
- Part II. The Practice of Politics:
- 6. The Platonic manufacture of ideology, or how to assemble awkward truth and wholesome falsehood Robert Wardy
- 7. Plato's politics of ignorance Verity Harte
- 8. The political skill of Protagoras Nicholas Denyer
- 9. Proclus and politics Jonathan Barnes
- Part III. The Politics of Value:
- 10. Relativism in Plato's Protagoras Catherine Rowett
- 11. Justice writ large and small in Republic IV Myles Burnyeat
- 12. An aesthetic reading of Aristotle's Ethics Richard Kraut
- 13. The Stoic sage in the original position Mary Margaret McCabe
- Part IV. Politics Extended: Animals, Gods, Cosmology:
- 14. Aristotle on the natural sociability, skills and intelligence of animals Geoffrey Lloyd
- 15. Gods and men in Xenophanes James Warren
- 16. Socrates and his gods: from the Euthyphro to the Eudemian Ethics Christopher Rowe
- 17. The atheist underground David Sedley
- Malcolm Schofield bibliography, 1970–2012.
