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The origins of democratic thinking : the invention of politics in classical Athens /
The ancient Greeks invented democracy. They also invented political theory. This book seeks to show that these were not unrelated achievements. The development of political theory accompanied the growth of democracy at Athens in the fifth century BC. By analysing the writings of Protagoras the sophi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1988.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The ancient Greeks invented democracy. They also invented political theory. This book seeks to show that these were not unrelated achievements. The development of political theory accompanied the growth of democracy at Athens in the fifth century BC. By analysing the writings of Protagoras the sophist, Thucydides the historian, and Democritus the cosmologist in the context of political developments and speculation about the universe, Dr Farrar reveals the existence of a distinctive approach to the characterisation of democratic order, and in doing so demonstrates the virtues of Thucydides' historical conception of politics. Thucydides' history is shown to be an argument for the political force of historical judgement. |
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| Notas: | Includes indexes. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 301 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291). |
| ISBN: | 9781316177969 1316177963 1316174883 9781316174883 1316170551 9781316170557 1316176096 9781316176092 0511944586 9780511944581 0511872631 9780511872631 0511552483 9780511552489 |