Political Dissent in Democratic Athens
Subtitle: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780691089812
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Political science & theory; History: World; History; History - General History; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; Archaeology and Ancient History; Classics; History / Ancient / Greece; Political Philosophy
First sentence: And as for the fact that the Athenians have chosen the kind of political regime (politeia) that they have, I do not speak well of them(ouk epaino) on that account inasmuch as in making their choice they have chosen to have lowly scoundrels (poneroi) fare better than the excellent elite (chrestoi).