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Universal Tyranny : The Socratic Attack on Tyrannical Psychology.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Avery.
- Series:
- SUNY Series, New Perspectives on the History of Political Thought Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Political psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Elucidates the shared insight into the critique of tyrannical rule among Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle.Universal Tyranny offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the critique of tyranny in the thought of Socrates's greatest students: Plato, Aristotle, and Xenophon.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction Tyranny in Contemporary Political Science
- The Political Theory of the Frankfurt School
- Overview
- Methodology
- Chapter One The Tyrannical Regime
- Aristotle's Political Theory
- The Fake Regime
- Tyranny and Virtue
- Chapter Two Plato's Two Tyrants
- The Genesis of the Tyrannical Regime
- The Tyrant's Soul
- Chapter Three Tyranny and Philosophy
- The Three Proofs
- The Tyrant Eros
- Conclusion
- Chapter Four Xenophon's Miserable Tyrant
- Tyranny and Pleasure
- Hiero's Lamentation
- Simonides's Ideal Tyrant
- Chapter Five Beyond Tyranny
- Kingdom or Tyranny?
- Virtue, the Law, and the Gods
- The Death of Cyrus
- Conclusion The Tyrannical Soul
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-558-0779-0
- OCLC:
- 1591604022
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