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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rowe, C. J., editor.

Schofield, Malcolm, editor.

Series:

Cambridge history of political thought

The Cambridge history of political thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Greece--History.

Political science.

Political science--Rome--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 745 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Cambridge History of Greek & Roman Political Thought

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book, first published in 2000, is a general and comprehensive treatment of the political thought of ancient Greece and Rome. It 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 - whose individuality is brought out by extensive quotation. The international team of distinguished scholars assembled by the editors includes historians of law, politics, culture and religion, and also philosophers. Some chapters focus mostly on the ancient context of the ideas they are examining, while others explore these ideas as systems of thought which resonate with modern or perennial concerns. This clearly written volume will long remain an accessible and authoritative guide to Greek and Roman thinking about government and community.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781139053716 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.