Title The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman political thought / edited by Christopher Rowe and Malcolm Schofield in association with Simon Harrison and Melissa Lane

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 745 pages) : maps Series The Cambridge history of political thought Cambridge history of political thought. Contents Greek political thought : the historical context / Paul Cartledge -- Poets, lawgivers, and the beginnings of political reflection in archaic Greece / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- Greek drama and political theory / Simon Goldhill -- Herodotus, Thucydides and the sophists / Richard Winton -- Democritus / C.C.W. Taylor -- The orators / Josiah Ober -- Xenophon and Isocrates / V.J. Gray -- Socrates and Plato : an introduction / Melissa Lane -- Socrates / Terry Penner -- Approaching the Republic / Malcolm Schofield -- The politicus and other dialogues / Christopher Rowe -- The laws / André Laks -- Plato and practical politics / Malcolm Schofield -- Cleitophon and Minos / Christopher Rowe -- Aristotle : an introduction / Malcolm Schofield -- Naturalism / Fred D. Miller, Jr. -- Justice and the polls / Jean Roberts -- Aristotelian constitutions / Christopher Rowe -- The peripatos after Aristotle / Christopher Rowe -- Introduction : The Hellenistic and Roman periods / Peter Garnsey -- The cynics / John Moles -- Epicurean and Stoic political thought -- Kings and constitutions : Hellenistic theories / David E. Hahm -- Cicero / E.M. Atkins -- Reflections of Roman political thought in Latin historical writing / Thomas Wiedemmann -- Seneca and Pliny / Miriam Griffin -- Platonism and Pythagoreanism in the early empire / Bruno Centrone -- Josephus / Tessa Rajak -- Stoic writers of the imperial era / Christopher Gill -- The jurists / David Johnston -- Christianity / Frances Young Summary This volume is the first general and comprehensive treatment of the political thought of ancient Greece and Rome ever to be published in English. It covers Plato and Aristotle at length, but also a host of other major and minor thinkers, from Thucydides and the Greek dramatists to Cicero and early Christian writers. It attempts both historical and philosophical assessment of the writers discussed and quotes them generously in translation. It will be of value for scholars and students of classics, history, philosophy and theology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Political science -- Greece -- History Political science -- Rome -- History Political science. Bellettrie. Klassieke talen. Politieke filosofie. Greece. Rome (Empire) Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book Author Rowe, C. J Schofield, Malcolm ISBN 9781139053716 113905371X 9780511469091 0511469098 0521616697 9780521616690

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