Saving the City

Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms

By Malcolm Schofield

Saving the City provides a detailed analysis of the attempts of ancient writers and thinkers, from Homer to Cicero, to construct and recommend political ideals...

ISBN: 978-0-415-18467-0 | Published December 3rd 1998 by Routledge.

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The Birth of Rhetoric

Gorgias, Plato and their Successors

By Robert Wardy

What is rhetoric?
Is it the capacity to persuade? Or is it 'mere' rhetoric: the ability to get others to do what the speaker wants, regardless...

ISBN: 978-0-415-14643-2 | Published March 12th 1998 by Routledge.

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Ancient Concepts of Philosophy

By Dr William Jordan, William Jordan

For Socrates, philosophy, was the study of how to lead one's life, and for Wittgenstein, `philosophy leaves everything as it is.'
Throughout this book, the work...

ISBN: 978-0-415-08940-1 | Published January 7th 1993 by Routledge.

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