Socrates and Alcibiades : Plato's drama of political ambition and philosophy /

In the classical world, political ambition posed an intractable problem. Ancient Greek democracies fostered in their most promising youths a tension-ridden combination of the desire for personal glory and deep-seated public-spiritedness in hopes of producing brilliant and capable statesmen. But as m...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Helfer, Ariel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Plato. > Alcibiades I. Alcibiades 2. Plato. > Symposium. Alcibiades. Socrates. Ambition > Political aspects.