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Empire and the Ends of Politics: Plato's Menexenus and Pericles' Funeral Oration

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Empire and the Ends of Politics: Plato's Menexenus and Pericles' Funeral Oration
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Plato
Edited and translated by Susan Collins
Edited and translated by Devin Stauffer
By (author) Thucydides
SeriesFocus Philosophical Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - Ancient to c 500
ISBN/Barcode 9780941051705
ClassificationsDewey:184
Audience
General
Illustrations none

Publishing Details

Publisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Publication Date 1 January 1999
Publication Country United States

Description

This text brings together for the first time two complete key works from classical antiquity on the politics of Athens: Plato's Menexenus and Pericles' funeral oration (from Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War).

Author Biography

Susan Collins is a political theorist and Asoociate Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame University. She teaches the history of political thought, and her research focuses on classical thought, the intersection of ethics and politics, contemporary efforts to use Aristotle's thought in understanding and evaluating the problems of liberalism, and the classical alternatives to modern theories of justice. Devin Stauffer is Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in classical and early modern political thought. He has published several books on Plato and the translation "Empire and the Ends of Politics" with Susan Collins. He has previously taught at Kenyon College and St. John's College.

Reviews

This volume makes available for the first time in truly accurate translations what is perhaps the greatest debate in classical political theory. The translations are models of meticulous fidelity combined with readability, and are far and away the best that have ever been made of these two gems of classical political philosophy. -- Thomas L. Pangle, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto