Spartan Tradition in European Thought

Zusatztext Overwhelming in terms of breadth of scholarship and clarity of exposition ... a fitting complement to that tradition of excellence which ancient Sparta demanded of her citizen-soldiers. Informationen zum Autor Deceased Klappentext Ancient polemics on Sparta (by Plato! Aristotle! Plutarch! and others) have had a remarkable afterlife in the political and educational thought of Renaissance Italy! the France of the Philosophes! Whig England! and Nazi Germany. This book outlines the little we know of ancient Sparta! describes Greek reaction to the ambiguous institutions of the great rival to democratic Athens! makes a first attempt to follow the subsequent fortunes of the debate! and indicates Sparta's role--over twenty-five centuries--in the intellectual history of Europe. Overwhelming in terms of breadth of scholarship and clarity of exposition ... a fitting complement to that tradition of excellence which ancient Sparta demanded of her citizen-soldiers. Journal of Modern History Zusammenfassung Outlines what is known of ancient Sparta, describes Greek reaction to the ambiguous institutions of the great rival to democratic Athens, makes an attempt to follow the subsequent fortunes of the debate, and indicates Sparta's role, over 25 centuries, in the intellectual history of Europe.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: E. Rawson, Elizabeth Rawson, Elizabeth (Late Fellow and Tutor in Ancien Rawson, Rawson Elizabeth
• Con la collaborazione di: Sir Keith Thomas (Prefazione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.05.1991
• EAN: 9780198147336
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814733-6
• Pagine: 400
• Serie: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Viaggi > Guide turistiche > Europa; History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE