Cicero's social and political thought / Neal Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Neal, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Rome--History.

Rome--Social conditions--510-30 B.C.

Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this close examination of the social and political thought of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Neal Wood focuses on Cicero's conceptions of state and government, showing that he is the father of constitutionalism, the archetype of the politically conservative mind, and the first to reflect extensively on politics as an activity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Note on the Sources

I. Introduction: Cicero's Significance

II. Ciceronian Society

III. Cicero's Life and Works

IV. Law, Justice, and Human Nature

V. Moral Equality and Social Inequality

VI. Private Property and Its Accumulation

VII. The Idea of the State

VIII. Types of State

IX. Essentials of the Mixed Constitution

X. The Art of Politics

XI. Conclusion

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 263-273.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612356049

9781282356047

1282356046

9780520911284

0520911288

9780585124117

0585124116

OCLC:

630527872