The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought
provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in
ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and
Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this
volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political
science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life
by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of
political life. Focusing on texts by Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides,
Plato, and Aristotle, among others, they examine perennial issues,
including rights and virtues, democracy and the rule of law,
community formation and maintenance, and the ways in which
theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political
practice.
目錄:
Introduction Stephen Salkever
1. Homer and political thought Dean Hammer
2. Foundings vs. constitutions: ancient tragedy and the origins of
political community Arlene W. Saxonhouse
3. Most favored status in Herodotus and Thucydides: recasting the
Athenian Tyrannicides through Solon and Pericles Norma
Thompson
4. Thucydides and political thought Gerald Mara
5. ''This way of life, this contest'': rethinking Socratic
citizenship Susan Bickford
6. The political drama of Plato''s Republic David Roochnik
7. Practical Plato Catherine H. Zuckert
8. Reading Aristotle''s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics as a single
course of lectures: rhetoric, politics, and philosophy Stephen
Salkever
9. Lived excellence in Aristotle''s Constitution of Athens: why the
Encomium of Theramenes matters Jill Frank and S. Sara Monoson
10. The virtue politics of democratic Athens Ryan K. Balot
11. Origins of rights in ancient political thought Fred D. Miller,
Jr.
12. The emergence of natural law and the Cosmopolis Eric Brown.