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Zenos Republic, a design of the ideal state consisting of gods and wise citizens, has been controversial since antiquity. The study looks at the controversial topics and tries to come to a new reading of the Republic as the vision of a society where life is lived according to natural law. The provoc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Alemán |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies on the interaction of art, thought and power ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Zenos Republic, a design of the ideal state consisting of gods and wise citizens, has been controversial since antiquity. The study looks at the controversial topics and tries to come to a new reading of the Republic as the vision of a society where life is lived according to natural law. The provocative call to promiscuity, incest and cannibalism can be explained within the frame of the cosmo-biological system, outlined by the founder of the school. This reading confirms that Stoic ethics with its central theory of oikeiosis is not concerned with the individuals self-discovery as with the cos. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 393 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004207462 9004207465 |