Saving the City: Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms / Edition 1

by Malcolm Schofield

Overview

Saving the City provides a detailed analysis of the attempts of ancient writers and thinkers, from Homer to Cicero, to construct and recommend political ideals of statesmanship and ruling, of the political community and of how it should be founded in justice. Malcolm Schofield debates to what extent the Greeks and Romans deal with the same issues as modern political thinkers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415184670
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/03/1998
Series:	Issues in Ancient Philosophy
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Malcolm Schofield has taught at Cambridge for over 25 years, where he is a Fellow of St John's College and Reader in Ancient Philosophy. He is best known for his co-authorship of the second edition of The Presocratic Philosophers (1983). His publications on ancient political thought include The Stoic Idea of the City (1991).

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. 1. Euboulia in the Iliad, 2. The Disappearing Philosopher King, 3. Zeno of Citium's Anti-Utopianism, 4. Plato on Economy, 5. Political Friendship and the Ideology of Reciprocity, 6. Hierarchy and equality in Aristotle's Social and Political Thought, 7. Ideology and Philosophy in Aristotle's theory of Slavery, 8. Sharing in the Constitution, 9. Morality in the Law: the case of Diogenes of Babylon , 10. Cicero's Definition of Res Publica , Bibliography, Indexes.

Editorial Reviews

'Detailed argument, firmly based in the sources.' Oxbow Book News No 41

'There is much here to discover about the world of ancient philosophy both in the previously published articles and in the book as a whole the book is beautifully produced.' - - POLIS

'The themes and texts treated in this book are fundamental to ancient political thought. The careful and innovative way that Schofield has approached this task should ensure that the results remain of interest for some time to come.' - Tom Stevenson, Prudentia

From the Publisher

Engages with some of the major questions that the ancient Greeks and Romans wrestled with, questions surrounding qualities of a good statesman, workings of political communities, and justice. Examines theories such as the notion of the good king in Homer and Plato, and ideas about what bonds society together, and asks whether there was a dominant preoccupation with rights in ancient social and political thought. Offers fresh resolutions of disputed issues in texts such as the , and new explorations of some less familiar material, notably Plato's and Cicero's . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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