Alan J. Ross
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Carol Atack deposited Tradition and Innovation in the Kosmos–Polis Analogy on Humanities Commons 4 years, 3 months ago
The analogy between the divine order of the kosmos and the human order of the polis was well established in Greek thought and the basis of a persistent but evolving political cosmology that attempted to link human and divine. The analogy is well attested in both literary evidence and the use of kosmos-derived terms in archaic political structures…[Read more]
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
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Michael Lurie's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
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Carol Atack deposited Politeia and the Past in Xenophon and Isocrates in the group
Greek and Roman Intellectual History on Humanities Commons 5 years agoBoth Xenophon and Isocrates use the past to analyse and comment on political problems of the present, and to provide authority for political programmes of the present and for the future, through connecting them to revered past figures and mythologies. For both, idealised versions of historical Greek communities provide a counterpoint to the…[Read more]
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Carol Atack deposited Politeia and the Past in Xenophon and Isocrates in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 5 years agoBoth Xenophon and Isocrates use the past to analyse and comment on political problems of the present, and to provide authority for political programmes of the present and for the future, through connecting them to revered past figures and mythologies. For both, idealised versions of historical Greek communities provide a counterpoint to the…[Read more]
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Carol Atack deposited Politeia and the Past in Xenophon and Isocrates on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
Both Xenophon and Isocrates use the past to analyse and comment on political problems of the present, and to provide authority for political programmes of the present and for the future, through connecting them to revered past figures and mythologies. For both, idealised versions of historical Greek communities provide a counterpoint to the…[Read more]
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
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Michael Lurie's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
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Michael Lurie's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
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Michael Lurie's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 4 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
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Carol Atack deposited Imagined Superpowers: Isocrates’ Opposition of Athens and Sparta in the group
Greek and Roman Intellectual History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIsocrates has been comparatively neglected as a source for political and cultural history and theory. However, the many works of his long career show a continuing
engagement with Athenian political culture and the education of its political class, and his assessment of Sparta is significant for both of these. He imagines and explores the struggle…[Read more] - Load More