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Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141959622
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises written by Xenophon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Socrates' Athenian disciples in his youth, Xenophon (c. 498-354 bc) fought as a mercenary commander in Cyrus the Younger's campaign to seize the Persian throne, and later wrote a wide range of works on history, politics and philosophy. These six treatises offer his informed insights into the nature of leadership. In the dialogue between the poet Simonides and Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, Xenophon provides a consummate consideration of the burdens of being an absolute dictator and the superior happiness of the private man. Elsewhere, his biography of King Agesilaus II of Sparta depicts the author's patron as a model of piety, justice, courage and wisdom, while other texts consider the essential qualities of the cavalry commander, analyse the skills of the horseman and the hunter, and advance a bold economic plan for democratic Athens.

Hiero, Or the Tyrant

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519526052
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Hiero, Or the Tyrant written by Xenophon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xenophon of Athens was a Greek poet, historian, soldier and philosopher, living at a time of momentous events in Ancient Greek history. He wrote about the philosophy of Socrates, the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and the Persian expedition that formed the basis of his most famous work, Anabasis. In addition to his own works, he influenced the account of the Peloponnesian War written by the famous Greek historian Thucydides. Although he was recognized as a great writer and poet in his lifetime, Xenophon's involvement with Spartan politics and fighting led to his exile from Athens, and his association with Socrates probably did not help. His short treatise on Sparta's government is considered one of the first examples of political philosophy.

Hiero

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781505705485
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Hiero written by Xenophon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hiero", by Xenophon. Xenophon was a greek historian, soldier, mercenary, philosopher (430B.C.-534B.C.).

The Courage of Truth

Author : Michel Foucault
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250009103
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Courage of Truth written by Michel Foucault and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Courage of the Truth is the last course that Michel Foucault delivered in a series of lectures from 1970 to 1984 at the Collège de France. Here, Foucault continues the theme of the previous year's lectures in exploring the notion of "truth-telling" in politics to establish a number of ethically irreducible conditions based on courage and conviction. His death, on June 25th, 1984, tempts us to detect the philosophical testament in these lectures, especially in view of the prominence they give to the themes of life and death.

A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence

Author : Fred D. Miller Jr.
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401798850
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence written by Fred D. Miller Jr. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever multivolume treatment of the issues in legal philosophy and general jurisprudence, from both a theoretical and a historical perspective. The work is aimed at jurists as well as legal and practical philosophers. Edited by the renowned theorist Enrico Pattaro and his team, this book is a classical reference work that would be of great interest to legal and practical philosophers as well as to jurists and legal scholar at all levels. The work is divided in two parts. The theoretical part (published in 2005), consisting of five volumes, covers the main topics of the contemporary debate; the historical part, consisting of six volumes (Volumes 6-8 published in 2007; Volumes 9 and 10, published in 2009; Volume 11 published in 2011 and Volume 12 forthcoming in 2015), accounts for the development of legal thought from ancient Greek times through the twentieth century. The entire set will be completed with an index. Volume 6: A History of the Philosophy of Law from the Ancient Greeks to the Scholastics 2nd revised edition, edited by Fred D. Miller, Jr. and Carrie-Ann Biondi Volume 6 is the first of the Treatise’s historical volumes (following the five theoretical ones) and is dedicated to the philosophers’ philosophy of law from ancient Greece to the 16th century. The volume thus begins with the dawning of legal philosophy in Greek and Roman philosophical thought and then covers the birth and development of European medieval legal philosophy, the influence of Judaism and the Islamic philosophers, the revival of Roman and Christian canon law, and the rise of scholastic philosophy in the late Middle Ages, which paved the way for early-modern Western legal philosophy. This second, revised edition comes with an entirely new chapter devoted to the later Scholastics (Chapter 14, by Annabel Brett) and an epilogue (by Carrie-Ann Biondi) on the legacy of ancient and medieval thought for modern legal philosophy, as well as with updated references and indexes.

Hiero, Or, The Condition of a Tyrant

Author : Xenophon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Hiero, Or, The Condition of a Tyrant written by Xenophon and published by . This book was released on 1750 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Greenhill Dictionary of Military Quotations

Author : Peter G. Tsouras
Publisher : Greenhill Books
ISBN 13 : 178438478X
Total Pages : 1595 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book The Greenhill Dictionary of Military Quotations written by Peter G. Tsouras and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 1595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “massive [and] valuable” collection of quotes about war from soldiers, commanders, strategists, and others (The Spectator). This volume brings four thousand years of military history to life through the words of more than eight hundred diverse personalities—Napoleon, Machiavelli, Atatürk, Che Guevara, Rommel, Julius Caesar, Wellington, Xenophon, Crazy Horse, Wallenstein, T.E. Lawrence, Saladin, Zhukov, Eisenhower and many more—to build a comprehensive picture of war across the ages. Broken down into more then 480 categories, including courage, danger, failure, leadership, luck, military intelligence, tactics, training, guerrilla warfare and victory, this definitive guide draws on the collected wisdom of those who have experienced war at every level. From the brutality and suffering of war, to the courage and camaraderie of soldiers, to the glory and exhilaration of battle, these quotes offer an insight into the turbulent history of warfare and the lives and deeds of great warriors. “A massive compilation casting light not only upon the pain, suffering and sheer insanity of war, but also upon the unique comradeship and exhilaration of battle . . . this is a valuable addition to the literature of reference.” —The Spectator

Machiavelli Then and Now

Author : Sukanta Chaudhuri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009082027
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli Then and Now written by Sukanta Chaudhuri and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machiavelli's ideas are as important in our time as in his own. His insights and prescriptions help us make sense of today's political upheavals and natural calamities and reduce them to a working order. The chapters in Machiavelli Then and Now explore Machiavelli's central concerns: statecraft and order, liberty and citizenship, diplomacy and leadership, modes of strategization, the quest for empire - all set against the basic contention between autarchy, oligarchy and democracy. They also address the ethical and behaviourial factors behind political practice, such as force, suasion, ambition, corruption and vigilance in public discourse. The contributors consider the role of language, text and the imagination in Machiavelli, and they also bring the Machiavellian discourse closer to our own times, in relation to Gandhi, Gramsci and Althusser. The book will interest historians, political scientists and students of public policy; philosophers, rhetoricians and literary critics; and no less institution builders, diplomats and, administrators.

On Tyranny

Author : Leo Strauss
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022603352X
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book On Tyranny written by Leo Strauss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Tyranny is Leo Strauss’s classic reading of Xenophon’s dialogue Hiero, or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss’s commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojève, and the complete correspondence between the two. This revised and expanded edition introduces important corrections throughout and expands Strauss’s restatement of his position in light of Kojève’s commentary to bring it into conformity with the text as it was originally published in France.

The Penguin Classics Book

Author : Henry Eliot
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0141990937
Total Pages : 1904 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Classics Book written by Henry Eliot and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 1904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year** The Penguin Classics Book is a reader's companion to the largest library of classic literature in the world. Spanning 4,000 years from the legends of Ancient Mesopotamia to the poetry of the First World War, with Greek tragedies, Icelandic sagas, Japanese epics and much more in between, it encompasses 500 authors and 1,200 books, bringing these to life with lively descriptions, literary connections and beautiful cover designs.

Machiavelli's Platonic Problems

Author : Guillaume Bogiaris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793616442
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli's Platonic Problems written by Guillaume Bogiaris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machiavelli is traditionally understood has a thinker who rejected Platonism in bulk. This book argues that even if it is correct to describe him as unsympathetic to Platonic thought, his philosophy addresses it in a deep and nuanced manner. In order to see this, one must first disentangle Machiavelli’s conversation with Plato from his criticism of Christian Florentine Neoplatonism. Once this is done, Machiavelli’s work reveals itself to engage key Platonic themes, such as love, the place of philosophical education in politics, and the relationship between policymaking and mythmaking. This engagement helps us further characterize and clarify essential concepts and axioms of Machiavellian thought, such as fortúna, virtue, the importance of self-reliance, and the proper sources of political knowledge.

On Tyranny, an Interpretation of Xenophon's Hiero

Author : Leo Strauss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book On Tyranny, an Interpretation of Xenophon's Hiero written by Leo Strauss and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Shorter Writings

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501718517
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Shorter Writings written by Xenophon and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains new, literal translations of Xenophon's eight shorter writings along with interpretive essays on each work: Hiero, or The Skilled Tyrant; Agesilaus; Regime of the Lacedaemonians; Regime of the Athenians; Ways and Means, or On Revenue; The Skilled Cavalry Commander; On Horsemanship; and The One Skilled at Hunting with Dogs.

Confronting Tyranny

Author : Toivo Koivukoski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742544017
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Confronting Tyranny written by Toivo Koivukoski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivated by the reentry of tyranny into political discourse and political action, this new work compares ancient and contemporary accounts of tyranny in an effort to find responses to current political dilemmas and enduring truths. In our globally interconnected world, tyrants are no longer dangerous solely to their subjects and neighbors, but to all. This is where the debate begins as the lessons of classical political philosophy are thrown into the present political crisis of understanding and action.

Hiero

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981752225
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Hiero written by Xenophon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiero by Xenophon. Translation by H. G. Dakyns. Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. Hiero is a minor work by Xenophon, set as a dialogue between Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, and the lyric poet Simonides about 474 BC. The dialogue is a response to the assumption that a tyrant's life is more pleasant than a commoner. Having lived as both Hiero breaks down this misconception, arguing that a tyrant does not have any more access to happiness than a private person. The dialogue, like many of Xenophon's works, does not receive much scholarly attention today. However, it was the nominal subject of Leo Strauss' analysis On Tyranny, which initiated his famous dialogue with Alexandre Kojeve on the role of philosophy in politics.

Penguin Classics

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101578149
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Penguin Classics written by Anonymous and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Complete Annotated Listing More than 1,500 titles in print Authoritative introductions and notes by leading academics and contemporary authors Up-to-date translations from award-winning translators Readers guides and other resources available online Penguin Classics on air online radio programs

How to Do Things with History

Author : Danielle Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190649909
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book How to Do Things with History written by Danielle Allen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Do Things with History is a collection of essays that explores current and future approaches to the study of ancient Greek cultural history. Rather than focus directly on methodology, the essays in this volume demonstrate how some of the most productive and significant methodologies for studying ancient Greece can be employed to illuminate a range of different kinds of subject matter. These essays, which bring together the work of some of the most talented scholars in the field, are based upon papers delivered at a conference held at Cambridge University in September of 2014 in honor of Paul Cartledge's retirement from the post of A. G. Leventis Professor of Ancient Greek Culture. For the better part of four decades, Paul Cartledge has spearheaded intellectual developments in the field of Greek culture in both scholarly and public contexts. His work has combined insightful historical accounts of particular places, periods, and thinkers with a willingness to explore comparative approaches and a keen focus on methodology. Cartledge has throughout his career emphasized the analysis of practice - the study not, for instance, of the history of thought but of thinking in action and through action. The assembled essays trace the broad horizons charted by Cartledge's work: from studies of political thinking to accounts of legal and cultural practices to politically astute approaches to historiography. The contributors to this volume all take the parameters and contours of Cartledge's work, which has profoundly influenced an entire generation of scholars, as starting points for their own historical and historiographical explorations. Those parameters and contours provide a common thread that runs through and connects all of the essays while also offering sufficient freedom for individual contributors to demonstrate an array of rich and varied approaches to the study of the past.