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Author Lewis, John, 1955-2012.

Title Solon the Thinker : political thought in archaic Athens / John Lewis.

Publication Info. London : Bloomsbury, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (193 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Note Originally published: 2006.
Contents 'I brought the people together' : Solon's polis as kosmos -- 'To know all things' : psychic qualities and the polis -- 'In time, retribution surely comes' : necessity, dike and the good order of the polis -- 'A kosmos of words' : archaic logic and the organization of poem 4 -- 'Moira brings good and evil' : bios and the failure of Dike -- 'We will not exchange our excellence' : Moira and wealth -- 'I set them free' : tyranny, slavery and freedom.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 11, 2013).
Subject Solon, approximately 630 B.C.-approximately 560 B.C.
Democracy.
State, The.
Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9780715637289 (pbk.)
9781472521132 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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