Greek Political Theory (Routledge Library Editions · Political Science Volume 18) by Barker, Ernest -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Halftitle Title Copyright Contents Preface I The Greek Theory of the State II The Greek State

The General Characteristics of the Greek State City States and Tribal States The Greek State and Slavery The Greek State and Representative Institutions The Greek State and Education

III Political Thought Before the Sophists

From Homer to Solon Pythagoreans and Ionians The Transition from the Physicists to the Humanists

IV The Political Theory of the Sophists

The Rise of Ethical and Political Speculation The General Characteristics of the Sophists Protagoras and the Earlier Sophists The Antithesis of Фúσις and Nóμος The Sophist Antiphon Plato’s Account of Sophistic Theories General Iconoclasm Pamphleteers and Utopians Appendix.—Two Fragments from the Treatise of the Sophist Antiphon ‘On Truth’

V Socrates and the Minor Socratics

The Life of Socrates The Method and Doctrine of Socrates The Death of Socrates Xenophon Isocrates The Cynics and Cyrenaics

VI Plato and the Platonic Dialogue

The Life of Plato The Method of Plato’s Dialogues

VII The Earlier Dialogues of Plato

1. The Apology and the Crito 2. The Charmides, Euthydemus, and Laches 3. The Meno, Protagoras, and Gorgias

VIII The Republic and its Theory of Justice

The Plan and Motives of the Republic The Prima Facie Theories of Justice:

1. The Theory of Cephalus: Traditionalism 2. The Theory of Thrasymachus: Radicalism 3. The Theory of Glaucon: Pragmatism

The Construction of the Ideal State

1. The Economic Factor in the State 2. The Military Factor in the State 3. The Philosophic Factor in the State

The Classes of the Platonic State Platonic Justice

IX The Republic and its Theory of Education

The Place of Education in Plato’s State Greek Methods of Education The Philosophic Basis of Plato’s Theory of Education The Training of the Guardians or Auxiliaries:

1. The Place of Gymnastics in Education 2. The Place of Music in Education

The Higher Studies of the Perfect Guardians The Life of Contemplation and the Life of Action The Government of the Ideal State

X The Republic and its Theory of Communism

Community of Property Community of Wives The General Theory of Communism in the Republic

XI Plato and the States of Greece

The Republic as an ideal The Judgement of Actual States in the Light of the Ideal

The First Corruption—Timocracy The Second Corruption—Oligarchy The Third Corruption—Democracy The Last Corruption—Tyranny

The Final Verdict on Justice and Injustice Plato and Panhellenism Note.—The Timaeus and the Critias

XII The Politicus

XIII The Laws and its General Theory of the State

The Genesis and Character of the Laws Self-Control as the Principle of the Laws Peace and War The Nature of Law The Lessons of History

XIV The System of Social Relations in the Laws

Geography and Population The Treatment of Property in the Laws The System of Economics in the State of the Laws The Treatment of Marriage and the Family in the Laws

XV The System of Government in the Laws

The Provisions for the Beginning of the State The Permanent Institutions of the State The General Character of the Government in the Laws The Change of Tone in the Twelfth Book of the Laws

XVI The Laws and its Theory of Law

Plato’s View of Crime and Punishment Religion and Religious Persecution

XVII The Theory of Education in the Laws

Prolegomena to the Theory of Education The State Control of Education Primary Education in the Laws Secondary Education in the Laws Note.—The Debt of Aristotle to the Laws

Appendix The Later History of Plato’s Political Theory

§1. The Middle Ages §2. The Renaissance—Sir Thomas More §3. The Modern World—Rousseau, Hegel, Comte

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