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1 online resource (viii, 183 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Studies in moral philosophy,
2211-2014 ;
VOLUME 10
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Studies in moral philosophy ; VOLUME 10.
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Summary |
Edited by Cinzia Arruzza and Dmitri Nikulin, Philosophy and Political Power in Antiquity is a collection of essays examining reflections by ancient philosophers on the implicit tension between political activity and the philosophical life from a variety of critical perspectives. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The power of speech: the influence of the Sophists on Greek politics / Giovanni Giorgini -- Philosophical dogs and tyrannical wolves in Plato's Republic / Cinzia Arruzza -- What's the good of knowing the forms? / Chris Bobonich -- Individual competence and collective deliberation in Aristotle's Politics / Christoph Horn -- Diogenes the comic, or how to tell the truth in the face of a tyrant / Dmitri Nikulin -- Dio of Prusa and the Roman Stoics on how to speak the truth to oneself and to power -- Stoic utopia reconsidered: Pyrrhonism, ethics, and politics -- Plato's tyrant in neoplatonic philosophy / Dominic J. O'Meara. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Arruzza, Cinzia, editor.
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Nikulin, D. V. (Dmitriĭ Vladimirovich), editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Philosophy and political power in antiquity. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] 9789004324619 (DLC) 2016022059 (OCoLC)950084070 |
ISBN |
9789004324626 (electronic book) |
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9004324623 (electronic book) |
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9789004324619 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004324615 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
40026356177 |
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