Plato, Aristotle and the purpose of politics /

Plato, Aristotle and the purpose of politics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cherry, Kevin M.
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Plato. -- Statesman. Aristotle. -- Politics. Politics (Aristotle) Statesman (Plato) Political science -- Greece -- History -- To 1500. Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- To 1500. Political science. Political science -- Philosophy. Greece. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830063

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ISBN:	9781139337106 1139337106 9781139338844 1139338846 9781107021679 1107021677
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Aristotle and Plato about the practice, study, and above all, the purpose of politics"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Cherry, Kevin M. Plato, Aristotle and the purpose of politics. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107021679

Table of Contents:

1. A place for politics: the household and the city
2. The beginnings and ends of political life
3. Political knowledge and political power
4. Political inquiry in Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger
5. Philosophy and politics in the Eleatic Stranger, Socrates, and Aristotle
6. Modern politics, the Eleatic Stranger, and Aristotle.