Equality and Excellence in Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy

Interpretations of critically important texts in political philosophy from Greek antiquity to modern times on the tension between human excellence and equality and its possible resolution.

About the author

Steven Frankel is Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University. He is coeditor (with Martin D. Yaffe) of Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Tocqueville. John Ray is Associate Professor of Political Science at Xavier University. He is coeditor (with Steven Frankel) of French Studies: Literature, Culture and Politics.

Product details

• Authors: Steven (EDT)/ Ray Frankel, Steven Ray Frankel
• Assisted by: Steven Frankel (Editor), Frankel Steven (Editor), John Ray (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781438492780
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9278-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Political science and theory, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500