Philosophy and Political Power in AntiquityEdited 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. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Influence of the Sophists on Greek Politics | 9 |
Chapter 2 Philosophical Dogs and Tyrannical Wolves in Platos Republic | 41 |
Chapter 3 Whats the Good of Knowing the Forms? | 67 |
Chapter 4 Individual Competence and Collective Deliberation in Aristotles Politics | 94 |
Chapter 5 Diogenes the Comic or How to Tell the Truth in the Face of a Tyrant | 114 |
Chapter 6 Dio of Prusa and the Roman Stoics on How to Speak the Truth to Oneself and to Power | 134 |
Pyrrhonism Ethics and Politics | 148 |
Chapter 8 Platos Tyrant in Neoplatonic Philosophy | 164 |
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