Malcolm Schofield ; with a new foreword by Martha C. Nussbaum and a new epilogue by the author.
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Chicago :
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University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 176 pages ;
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23 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-163) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foreword / Martha C. Nussbaum -- 1. Cassius the Sceptic -- 2. City of love -- 3. The cosmic city -- 4. From republicanism to natural law -- App. A. Zeno and Alexander -- App. B. Problems with the Stoic definitions of love -- App. C. Ethical attractiveness -- App. D. Descending to marriage -- App. E. Plato and the Stoics on concord -- App. F. Cleanthes' syllogism -- App. G. [actual symbol not reproducible] -- App. H. Diogenes' cosmopolitanism -- Epilogue: 'Impossible hypotheses'.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The Stoic Idea of the City offers a pioneering treatment of the political philosophy of ancient Stoicism. Classical scholar Malcolm Schofield explores the Stoics' notions of natural law and world citizenship, which - as Martha Nussbaum notes in her new foreword - constitute their most important legacy to modern political thought. But Schofield begins by excavating from scattered and underused textual evidence the Platonized conception of erotic love treated by Zeno, founder of the school, as a key principle of political unity. An epilogue specially written for this edition further enhances this text as a standard work on Stoicism."--Jacket.