Saving the City : Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms
- London : Routledge, 2012
- x, 242 p. ; 24 cm
- Issues in ancient philosophy .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
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Agamemnon Absolute despotism Carneades Cicero False consciousness Honour Ideology Justice Kingship Legislation law Morality Polydamas Rights Slavery Thrasymachus Utopianism Virtue Political righs