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Philosophy and Political Power in Antiquity is a collection of essays examining ancient philosophers' reflections on the connection between political power and philosophy. The ancient Greeks both invented political philosophy and were the first to conceptualize the implicit tension between political activity and the contemplative life as found in ideal political institutions and under conditions of repressive rule. These essays examine discussions of these issues within a wide variety of the major schools of antiquity from both interpretive and analytical perspectives. While providing novel approaches to ancient philosophical texts, this volume attests to the importance of political reflection, deliberation, and resistance for ancient thought, and to the enduring strength and relevance of these reflections for contemporary debates within political philosophy.
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction, Cinzia Arruzza and Dmitri Nikulin
The Power of Speech. The Influence of the Sophists on Greek Politics, Giovanni Giorgini
Philosophical Dogs and Tyrannical Wolves in Plato's Republic, Cinzia Arruzza
What's the Good of Knowing the Forms?, Chris Bobonich
Individual Competence and Collective Deliberation in Aristotle's Politics, Christoph Horn
Diogenes the Comic, or How to Tell the Truth in the Face of a Tyrant, Dmitri Nikulin
Dio of Prusa and the Roman Stoics on How to Speak the Truth to Oneself and to Power, Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Stoic Utopia Reconsidered: Pyrrhonism, Ethics, and Politics, Emidio Spinelli
Plato's Tyrant in Neoplatonic Philosophy, Dominic J. O'Meara
