Reviews for The city-state foundations of Western political thought

The average rating for The city-state foundations of Western political thought based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-04-05 00:00:00 Joe Alan It's amazing how much crap can Government spending buy the public. Back in the 15 century, after more than 10 centuries of hard core Christianity, the Greek and Roman cultures were quite relevant in rebuilding the European thought. Well, what was left after 15 centuries of neglect and destruction, the text were recovered mostly with the help of Arab traders. And starting at that point a stupid competition ensued. Everybody from the French to the Germans and the Britons were Romans in some sort. Anyway, in 2008 there were still people who were left to climb the academic ladder to bigger state pension plans with works like this. Nothing new in 2000 years. No relevant research in 150 years. And these people are still able to perpetuate their ignorance over the years. People who do use mobile video communication still influenced by a superstitious crowd whose idea of speed meant inhaling horse farts at 10 miles per hour if lucky. Women today whose bodies are ruled upon by the thinking of misogynist men who thought the sex of the baby is the result of the proportion between menstrual blood and sperm. Disgusting.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-08 00:00:00 William H. Anderson 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.