| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 393 pages) |
| Series |
Studies on the interaction of art, thought, and power ; v. 4 |
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Studies on the interaction of art, thought and power ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
Inhalt; Geleitwort; Volume Foreword; Vorwort; Einführung; I. Der Schwanz des Hundes; II. Antike und moderne Kritik; III. Kosmo-biologische Grundlage; IV. KOSMO-BIOLOGISCHE LEBENSFORM; V. Tradition; VI. Schlussbetrachtung; Testimonien zu Zenons Politeia; Verzeichnis der abgekürzt zitierten Literatur; Register |
| Summary |
Zenos Republic, a design of the ideal state consisting of gods and wise citizens, has been controversial since antiquity. The study looks at the controversial topics and tries to come to a new reading of the Republic as the vision of a society where life is lived according to natural law. The provocative call to promiscuity, incest and cannibalism can be explained within the frame of the cosmo-biological system, outlined by the founder of the school. This reading confirms that Stoic ethics with its central theory of oikeiosis is not concerned with the individuals self-discovery as with the cos |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Zeno, the Stoic. Republic.
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Zeno, the Stoic -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Zeno, the Stoic fast |
| Subject |
Citizenship.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Citizenship
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Political and social views
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004207462 |
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9004207465 |
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