Athenian Political Thought and the Reconstitution of American Democracy

What does it mean to be a citizen in a democracy? This question is addressed here by thirteen historians, classicists, and political theorists, who examine ancient Greek institutions, texts, and ideas in light of today's political values

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• Platonism and Pythagoreanism in the early empire

  Open Access•Bruno Centrone•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Xenophon and Isocrates

  Open Access•Vivienne Gray, V J Gray•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Naturalism

  Open Access•Fred D Miller•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• The Orators

  Open Access•Josiah Ober•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Socrates and Plato

  Open Access•Melissa Lane•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Introduction

  Open Access•Peter Garnsey•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Christianity

  Open Access•Frances Young, Frances M Young•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• The Peripatos after Aristotle

  Open Access•Christopher Rowe•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Justice and the polis

  Open Access•Jean Roberts•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Epilogue

  Open Access•Malcolm Schofield•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Reflections of Roman political thought in Latin historical writing

  Open Access•Thomas Wiedemann•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• The Cynics

  Open Access•John Moles•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Josephus

  Open Access•Tessa Rajak•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Poets, lawgivers, and the beginnings of political reflection in archaic Greece

  Open Access•Kurt A Raaflaub•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Herodotus, Thucydides and the sophists

  Open Access•R I Winton, RICHARD WINTON•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Cicero

  Open Access•E M Atkins•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• The Jurists

  Open Access•David W Johnston, David Johnston•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Kings and constitutions

  Open Access•David E Hahm•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Greek political thought

  Open Access•Paul Cartledge•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Stoic writers of the imperial era

  Open Access•Christopher Gill•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Seneca and Pliny

  Open Access•Miriam Griffin•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Socrates

  Open Access•Terry Penner•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Cleitophon and Minos

  Open Access•Christopher Rowe•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Approaching the Republic

  Open Access•Malcolm Schofield•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Aristotelian constitutions

  Open Access•Christopher Rowe•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Greek drama and political theory

  Open Access•Simon Goldhill•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• The Laws

  Open Access•André Laks•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Democritus

  Open Access•C C W Taylor•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Plato and practical politics

  Open Access•Malcolm Schofield•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Aristotle

  Open Access•Malcolm Schofield•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Epicurean and Stoic political thought

  Open Access•Malcolm Schofield•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• The Politicus and other dialogues

  Open Access•Christopher Rowe•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• The Talking Greeks

  Open Access•John Heath•Talking Greeks•2005

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• The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought

  Open Access•Harrison, Simon Harrison et al.•The Cambridge History of Greek…•2000

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• Ancient Greek Democracy and Its Study 1

  Open Access•Eric W Robinson•History Compass•2004

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• What the Ancient Greeks Can Tell Us About Democracy

  Josiah Ober•Annual Review of Political Science•2008

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