Binding: Paperback
Description: The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics political science and philosophy the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of political life. Focusing on texts by Homer Herodotus Thucydides Plato and Aristotle among others they examine perennial issues including rights and virtues democracy and the rule of law community formation and maintenance and the ways in which theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political practice.
Title: The Cambridge Companion To Ancient Greek Political Thought
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521687126
Pages: 390 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises; 2 Tables, Unspecified
Publication Date: 4/27/2009
Series: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
Category: Political Science & Theory