The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece
Subtitle: Revised and Updated Edition
Contributors: Renate Franciscono (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: February 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9780226701011
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Political Science / Civil Rights; Greece; Liberty; Political science
First sentence: In a groundbreaking essay, more than forty years ago, Moses Finley emphasized an elementary historical fact: To a Greek in the age of Pericles or a Roman in Cicero's day, "freedom" had become a definable concept, and the antinomy, slave-free, a sharp, meaningful distinction.