The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman political thought
Schofield, Malcolm2005
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Begins with Homer and ends in late antiquity with Christian and pagan reflections on divine and human order. In between come studies of Plato, Aristotle and a host of other major and minor thinkers - poets, historians, philosophers ....
Main title:
The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman political thought / by Christopher Rowe (Editor) and Malcolm Schofield (Editor)
Imprint:
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005
Collation:
745 p. maps
Contents:
Introduction - Greek political thought: the historical context - Poets, lawgivers, and the beginnings of political reflection in archaic Greece - Greek drama and political theory - Herodotus, Thucydides and the Sophists - Democritus - The orators - Xenophon and Isocrates - Socrates and Plato: an introduction - Socrates - Approaching the Republic - The Politicus and other dialogues - The Laws - Plato and practical politics - Cleitophon and Minos - Aristotle: an introduction - Naturalism - Justice and the polis - Aristotelian constitutions - The Peripatos after Aristotle - Introduction: the Hellenistic and Roman periods - The Cynics - Epicurean and Stoic political thought - Kings and constitutions: Hellenistic theories - Cicero - Reflections of Roman political thought in Latin historical writing - Seneca and Pliny - Platonism and Pythagoreanism in the early empire - Josephus - Stoic writers of the imperial era - The jurists - Christianity - Epilogue
ISBN:
0521616697 (pbk 9780521616690 pbk)
Dewey class:
320.093 CAM
Local class:
320.093
Language:
English
BRN:
59333
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 320.093 CAM | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |