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Overview
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 of statesmanship and ruling, of the political community and of how it should be founded in justice. Malcolm Schofield debates to what extent the Greeks and Romans deal with the same issues as modern political thinkers.Synopsis
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 of statesmanship and ruling, of the political community and of how it should be founded in justice. Also, Malcolm Schofield debates to what extent the Greeks and Romans deal with the same issues as modern political thinkers.
Booknews
Engages with some of the major questions that the ancient Greeks and Romans wrestled with, questions surrounding qualities of a good statesman, workings of political communities, and justice. Examines theories such as the notion of the good king in Homer and Plato, and ideas about what bonds society together, and asks whether there was a dominant preoccupation with rights in ancient social and political thought. Offers fresh resolutions of disputed issues in texts such as the , and new explorations of some less familiar material, notably Plato's and Cicero's . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)