Saving the City

Malcolm Schofield has taught at Cambridge for over 25 years, where he is a Fellow of St John's College and Reader in Ancient Philosophy. He is best known for his co-authorship of the second edition of The Presocratic Philosophers (1983). His publications on ancient political thought include The Stoic Idea of the City (1991).

Preface. Introduction. 1. Euboulia in the Iliad, 2. The Disappearing Philosopher King, 3. Zeno of Citium's Anti-Utopianism, 4. Plato on Economy, 5. Political Friendship and the Ideology of Reciprocity, 6. Hierarchy and equality in Aristotle's Social and Political Thought, 7. Ideology and Philosophy in Aristotle's theory of Slavery, 8. Sharing in the Constitution, 9. Morality in the Law: the case of Diogenes of Babylon , 10. Cicero's Definition of Res Publica , Bibliography, Indexes.