Utopias in Ancient Thought
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Utopias in Ancient Thought

  1. 323 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Utopias in Ancient Thought

About this book

This collection deals with utopias in the Greek and Roman worlds. Plato is the first and foremost name that comes to mind and, accordingly, 3 chapters (J. Annas; D. El Murr; A. Hazistavrou) are devoted to his various approaches to utopia in the Republic, Timaeus and Laws. But this volume's central vocation and originality comes from our taking on that theme in many other philosophical authors and literary genres. The philosophers include Aristotle (Ch. Horn) but also Cynics (S. Husson), Stoics (G. Reydams-Schils) and Cicero (S. McConnell). Other literary genres include comedic works from Aristophanes up to Lucian (G. Sissa; S. Kidd; N.I. Kuin) and history from Herodotus up to Diodorus Siculus (T. Lockwood; C. Atack; I. Sulimani). A last comparative chapter is devoted to utopias in Ancient China (D. Engels).

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Yes, you can access Utopias in Ancient Thought by Pierre Destrée, Jan Opsomer, Geert Roskam, Pierre Destrée,Jan Opsomer,Geert Roskam in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Ancient & Classical Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9783110733419
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Philosophy
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. The quest for the best. Praise, blame, utopia
  5. What will we do when we get there? Utopia and Dicing in Greek Comedy
  6. What Thomas More learned from Herodotus about Utopia
  7. Temporality and utopia in Xenophon and Isocrates
  8. Plato’s ideal society and Utopia
  9. Plato and Utopia: Philosophy, Power, and Practicability in Plato’s Republic
  10. Plato and the utopia within us
  11. Aristotle's ‘City of our Prayers’ within the History of Political Utopianism
  12. Utopia and the quest for autarkeia
  13. Were the later Stoics anti-utopians?
  14. Cicero and the Golden Age Tradition
  15. All Over the World: The Utopian Idea in Diodorus Siculus
  16. Laughter in Lucian’s Utopias of the Dead
  17. Tao Yuanming’s ‘Peach Blossom Source’ and the Ideal of the ‘Golden Age’ in Classical Antiquity: Utopias in Ancient China and Classical Antiquity
  18. Index locorum