Philosophy and political power in antiquity / / edited by Cinzia Arruzza and Dmitri Nikulin.

• Superior document: Studies in Moral Philosophy, Volume 10
• TeilnehmendeR: Arruzza, Cinzia,; Nikulin, D. V.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [The Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in moral philosophy (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (191 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Cinzia Arruzza and Dmitri Nikulin -- 1 The Power of Speech: The Influence of the Sophists on Greek Politics / Giovanni Giorgini -- 2 Philosophical Dogs and Tyrannical Wolves in Plato’s Republic / Cinzia Arruzza -- 3 What’s the Good of Knowing the Forms? / Chris Bobonich -- 4 Individual Competence and Collective Deliberation in Aristotle’s Politics / Christoph Horn -- 5 Diogenes the Comic, or How to Tell the Truth in the Face of a Tyrant / Dmitri Nikulin -- 6 Dio of Prusa and the Roman Stoics on How to Speak the Truth to Oneself and to Power / Gretchen Reydams-Schils -- 7 Stoic Utopia Reconsidered: Pyrrhonism, Ethics, and Politics / Emidio Spinelli -- 8 Plato’s Tyrant in Neoplatonic Philosophy / Dominic J. O’Meara -- General Index -- Ancient Sources.