Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1 Ancient reflections: a force for us
- 2 Order in autonomy: the ungoverned cosmos and the democratic community
- 3 Protagoras: measuring man
- 4 Man's measurings: cosmos and community
- 5 Thucydides: reflecting history – man and the community
- 6 Democritus: reflecting man – the individual and the cosmos
- 7 Living democracy?
- Bibliography
- Indexes
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1 Ancient reflections: a force for us
- 2 Order in autonomy: the ungoverned cosmos and the democratic community
- 3 Protagoras: measuring man
- 4 Man's measurings: cosmos and community
- 5 Thucydides: reflecting history – man and the community
- 6 Democritus: reflecting man – the individual and the cosmos
- 7 Living democracy?
- Bibliography
- Indexes
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- The Origins of Democratic ThinkingThe Invention of Politics in Classical Athens, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988