Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics.

By: Cherry, Kevin MMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781139340427Subject(s): Political science -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 | Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- To 1500Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of PoliticsDDC classification: 320.01 LOC classification: JC73 .C47 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Translations -- Introduction -- 1: A Place for Politics: The Household and the City -- The Search for the Statesman -- The First Definition of the Statesman -- Household Rule, Despotism, Kingship, and Politics in the Politics -- 2: The Beginnings and Ends of Political Life -- The Eleatic Stranger's Cosmology -- Consequences of the Eleatic's Cosmology -- The Purpose of Politics in the Statesman -- Aristotle's Understanding of Nature -- Aristotle's Political Teleology and the Beginning of the Politics -- 3: Political Knowledge and Political Power -- A New Beginning in the Search for the Statesman -- The Eleatic Stranger's Division of Regimes -- The Eleatic Stranger on Lawful Democracy -- Aristotle's Rejection of the Eleatic's Typology -- Political Communities and Political Knowledge -- Aristotle on the Best Regime -- 4: Political Inquiry According to Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger -- The Eleatic's Digression on Measure -- Phronesis and the Mean -- Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger on Innovation -- Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger on the Purposes of Political Inquiry -- 5: Philosophy and Politics in the Eleatic Stranger, Socrates, and Aristotle -- The Eleatic Stranger and Socrates on Philosophy -- Socrates and Statesmanship -- Aristotle's Critique of Socrates in Light of the Statesman -- Plato, Socrates, and the Eleatic Stranger -- 6: Modern Politics, the Eleatic Stranger, and Aristotle -- The Origins and Ends of Politics in Modern Political Thought -- The Endless Aristotelian Revival -- Aristotle's Teleology Today -- The Good Life for Human Beings -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Aristotle and Plato about the practice, study and, above all, purpose of politics.
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Cover -- Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Translations -- Introduction -- 1: A Place for Politics: The Household and the City -- The Search for the Statesman -- The First Definition of the Statesman -- Household Rule, Despotism, Kingship, and Politics in the Politics -- 2: The Beginnings and Ends of Political Life -- The Eleatic Stranger's Cosmology -- Consequences of the Eleatic's Cosmology -- The Purpose of Politics in the Statesman -- Aristotle's Understanding of Nature -- Aristotle's Political Teleology and the Beginning of the Politics -- 3: Political Knowledge and Political Power -- A New Beginning in the Search for the Statesman -- The Eleatic Stranger's Division of Regimes -- The Eleatic Stranger on Lawful Democracy -- Aristotle's Rejection of the Eleatic's Typology -- Political Communities and Political Knowledge -- Aristotle on the Best Regime -- 4: Political Inquiry According to Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger -- The Eleatic's Digression on Measure -- Phronesis and the Mean -- Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger on Innovation -- Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger on the Purposes of Political Inquiry -- 5: Philosophy and Politics in the Eleatic Stranger, Socrates, and Aristotle -- The Eleatic Stranger and Socrates on Philosophy -- Socrates and Statesmanship -- Aristotle's Critique of Socrates in Light of the Statesman -- Plato, Socrates, and the Eleatic Stranger -- 6: Modern Politics, the Eleatic Stranger, and Aristotle -- The Origins and Ends of Politics in Modern Political Thought -- The Endless Aristotelian Revival -- Aristotle's Teleology Today -- The Good Life for Human Beings -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Aristotle and Plato about the practice, study and, above all, purpose of politics.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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