TY - BOOK AU - Arruzza,Cinzia AU - Nikulin,Dmitri TI - Philosophy and political power in antiquity T2 - Studies in moral philosophy, SN - 9789004324626 AV - B65 .P547 2016eb U1 - 320.0938 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Political science KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophy, Ancient KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - Government KW - General KW - National KW - Reference KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The power of speech: the influence of the Sophists on Greek politics / Giovanni Giorgini -- Philosophical dogs and tyrannical wolves in Plato's Republic / Cinzia Arruzza -- What's the good of knowing the forms? / Chris Bobonich -- Individual competence and collective deliberation in Aristotle's Politics / Christoph Horn -- Diogenes the comic, or how to tell the truth in the face of a tyrant / Dmitri Nikulin -- Dio of Prusa and the Roman Stoics on how to speak the truth to oneself and to power -- Stoic utopia reconsidered: Pyrrhonism, ethics, and politics -- Plato's tyrant in neoplatonic philosophy / Dominic J. O'Meara N2 - Edited by Cinzia Arruzza and Dmitri Nikulin, Philosophy and Political Power in Antiquity is a collection of essays examining reflections by ancient philosophers on the implicit tension between political activity and the philosophical life from a variety of critical perspectives UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1426588 ER -