The Just State : Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought

by: Straumann, B.

Price: 49,90 EURO

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The just state : Greek and Roman theories of justice and their legacy in Western thought

Author: Benjamin Straumann

Summary:"The Just State explores influential Greek and Roman ideas about justice and their institutional context, and discusses their legacy in later political thought. Bringing Greco-Roman and modern ideas into conversation with each other, Benjamin Straumann traces the history of ancient political thought by focusing on classical ideas about justice. With a readable narrative style, Straumann places Greek and Roman theories of justice in their historical context, starting from Homer and the pre-Socratic period through to the later Roman Empire, and outlines the respective contribution of the Greek and Roman traditions of thinking about justice to early modern and Enlightenment political thought. Concise chapters address Athenian democracy, the Sophist movement, the political philosophies of Plato and Aristotle, the origins of constitutionalism in the Roman Republic, classical influences on the American and French revolutions, and more."

xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents:
Introduction: Why Greeks and Romans? Why Ideas?
Part I The Greek Debate
1. The Polis, Equality, and the Growth of Political Thought
2. Athenian Democracy, Early Antidemocratic and Democratic Thought, and the Sophist Movement
3. Knowledge, Paternalistic Justice, and Law: Plato
4. The State as Teacher: Aristotle
5. The Epicurean Contract and Stoic Natural Law
Part II The Roman Contribution
6. The Roman Republic and the Origins of Constitutionalism
7. Justice, Not Happiness: Cicero's Roman Political Thought
8. The Principate, the Rise of Christianity, and Augustine's Peace
Part III Ancient and Modern Justice: Virtue, Peace, or Rights?
9. Greek Justice: Virtue and the Common Good
10. Roman Justice: Law and Rights
11. Ideas in Action: The Atlantic Revolutions
Conclusion: The Three Traditions of Virtue, Peace, and Justice

The Just State : Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought

by: Straumann, B.

• ISBN-13: 9781118634684 / 978-1-118-63468-4
• ISBN-03: 1118634683 / 1-118-63468-3
• Wiley Blackwell, New Jersey, 2025

Price: 49,90 EURO

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The Crisis of Masculinity in the Age of Augustus

by: Racette-Campbell, M.

• ISBN-13: 9780299343545 / 978-0-299-34354-5
• ISBN-03: 0299343545 / 0-299-34354-5
• The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2023

Price: 34,00 EURO

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