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Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World(Routledge Revivals): From Early Times to the Hellenistic Age - Tapa blanda

Vatai, Frank

 
9780415749381: Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World(Routledge Revivals): From Early Times to the Hellenistic Age
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ISBN 10: 0415749387 ISBN 13: 9780415749381
Editorial: Routledge, 2015

Sinopsis

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity, and led to significant revaluation of the role of intellectuals in everyday political life.

The term ‘intellectual’ is carefully defined, and figures as diverse as Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle; Isocrates, Heracleides of Ponteius and Clearchus of Soli are discussed. The author examines the difference between the success of an intellectual politician, like Solon, and the failure of those such as Plato who attempted to mould society to abstract ideals.

It is concluded that, ultimately, most philosophers were conspicuously unsuccessful when they intervened in politics: citizens regarded them as propagandists for their rulers, while rulers treated them as intellectual ornaments. The result was that many thinkers retreated to inter-scholastic disputation where the political objects of discussion increasingly became far removed from contemporary reality.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415749387
ISBN 13 
9780415749381
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
194
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