Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
1. A place for politics: the household and the city -- 2. The beginnings and ends of political life -- 3. Political knowledge and political power -- 4. Political inquiry in Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger -- 5. Philosophy and politics in the Eleatic Stranger, Socrates, and Aristotle -- 6. Modern politics, the Eleatic Stranger, and Aristotle. |
Summary |
"In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Aristotle and Plato about the practice, study, and above all, the purpose of politics"--Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Plato. Statesman.
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Aristotle. Politics.
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Politics (Aristotle) |
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Statesman (Plato) |
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Political science -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Political science. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
Subject |
Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- To 1500.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Cherry, Kevin M. Plato, Aristotle and the purpose of politics. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107021679 (DLC) 2011040849 (OCoLC)757838238 |
ISBN |
9781139337106 (electronic book) |
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1139337106 (electronic book) |
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9781139338844 (electronic book) |
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1139338846 (electronic book) |
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9781107021679 (hardback) |
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1107021677 (hardback) |
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