Western Political Thought: From Plato to MarxPearson Education India, 2009 - 252 sider Western Political Thought: From Plato to Marx is a lucid and comprehensive account of political thought that stretches from ancient Greece to the nineteenth century. Analysing political philosophies chronologically, this book offers valuable insights into the political structures of societies across the ages, and presents a wide perspective on the various social and political ideologies. Each of the 12 chapters contains excerpts from the original works by the philosophers, comprehensive reading list, and thought provoking questions on the philosophies discussed. |
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Side 10
... conception of virtue leading to happiness not through the political community but because virtuous individuals have healthy souls. But the legitimating principle of political authority remains its link to virtue. We find the ...
... conception of virtue leading to happiness not through the political community but because virtuous individuals have healthy souls. But the legitimating principle of political authority remains its link to virtue. We find the ...
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... conception of the historical world, and holding on to it would lead us to make the unjustifiable claim that it was the goal or intention of earlier political thinkers, in writing their 'great works' to solve our contemporary political ...
... conception of the historical world, and holding on to it would lead us to make the unjustifiable claim that it was the goal or intention of earlier political thinkers, in writing their 'great works' to solve our contemporary political ...
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... conception of philoso- phy is populist, that of the later Socrates is elitist. The later Socrates has an elaborate political theory while the earlier one has no such theory.15 Is either of the two Socrates of the Platonic dialogues the ...
... conception of philoso- phy is populist, that of the later Socrates is elitist. The later Socrates has an elaborate political theory while the earlier one has no such theory.15 Is either of the two Socrates of the Platonic dialogues the ...
Side 34
... conceptions of justice. Only when he has shown that the knowledge of justice of Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, Glaucon and Adimantus is rife with contradictions, does he give us his own conception of justice. He sets out to meet Glaucon's ...
... conceptions of justice. Only when he has shown that the knowledge of justice of Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, Glaucon and Adimantus is rife with contradictions, does he give us his own conception of justice. He sets out to meet Glaucon's ...
Side 35
... conception of human nature that underlies the concept of virtue and justice. After all, if making individuals virtuous is an art, then as in the other arts, the practitioner of this art must also know the nature of her material, in this ...
... conception of human nature that underlies the concept of virtue and justice. After all, if making individuals virtuous is an art, then as in the other arts, the practitioner of this art must also know the nature of her material, in this ...
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Moral Action and the Best Constitution | 49 |
Christian Political Thought in the Middle Ages | 71 |
Humanism and Republicanism | 86 |
Contract as the Basis of Political Obligation | 103 |
Theological Premises and Liberal Limits on Government | 125 |
Representative Government as the Maximizer of Utility | 162 |
The Benefits of the Liberty of Men and Women for Society | 179 |
The Social Conditions for a NonContractual Theory of Freedom | 198 |
The State and Class Struggle | 216 |
Afterword | 232 |
About the Author | 233 |
Index | 234 |
The General Will and Moral and Political Liberty | 142 |
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