Greek and Roman Political Ideas by Lane, Melissa -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Dedication Figures Maps Introduction: Possibilities of Power and Purpose

What is Politics? Five Questions Eight Political Ideas

Greek and Roman Political Ideas

Chapter 1: Justice

Civilizing hubris Rich and Poor Justice for Whom? Justice: Natural or Conventional? The Sophistic Challenge: Is Justice Natural? The Powerful and the Weak

Chapter 2: Constitution

Constitutions, Political and Otherwise Herodotus and the Politics of the Persian Wars One/Few/Many: Three Kinds of Regime Conclusion: Comparing Constitutional Strengths and Weaknesses

Chapter 3: Democracy

Chapter 4: Virtue

Socrates in Action Socrates and Democracy Socrates on Trial Enter Plato The Republic: A Deeper Case for Justice The Republic: Justice in the Soul Political Knowledge and the Rule of Law Plato at Sea

Chapter 5: Citizenship

Who was Aristotle? An Aristotelian Approach to the Universe Inclusion and Exclusion Contesting Equality Ruling in the Common Interest The Case for Democracy – and Its Limits The Best Regime

Chapter 6: Cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitanism, Take 1: Cynic Anti-politics Cosmopolitanism, Take 2: Stoic Trans-politics Community of Friends: Epicurean Infra-politics Scepti-politanism Hellenistic Philosophies in extremis

Chapter 7: Republic

Meet Polybius ‘In less than fifty-three years’: Explaining Rome’s Rise The Three Parts of the Roman Constitution Meet Cicero Cicero on the Roman Constitution Property, Justice and Law Duties to Self, to Others and to the Commonwealth

Chapter 8: Sovereignty

A Republican Critique of Sovereignty A Stoic Idealization of Sovereignty Political Ethics under Sovereign Rule Ethics as One’s Own Sovereign Freedom and Convention Looking Back at the Republic

Conclusion: Futures of Greek and Roman Pasts Brief Biographies of Key Persons, Events and Places Reference List and Abbreviations

Notes Glossary

NOTES ON CLASSICAL GREEK AND LATIN BRIEF DEFINITIONS OF KEY GREEK [G.] AND LATIN [L.] TERMS

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Introduction: Possibilities of Power and Purpose

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