The city-state foundations of Western political thought Book

The first volume of 6 in total is dealing with the origins of political thought in Ancient Greece & Rome. One could not wish a better introduction to this field than this book. Especially the parts about Plato, Aristotle and Cicero are of exceptional quality and serve as excellent springboards to continue further investigation into more detailed works. Only the part dealing with Socrates, Plato & Aristotle already take about 1/3 of the book. In that especially the chapter from Schofield 'Approaching the republic' is extremely useful. But also the attention to lesser addressed works as Plato's Statesman and Laws are good. As such highly recommended for both beginners and advanced readers (if only if was already to brush up the oval context and development of political ideas in the ling run). It was my second time reading it again, I have no doubt I sooner or later will grab it again. Probably to reread the second part about Roman Political Philosophy as this is not an area I am so familiar with as the Greek one.