Hiero Or The Tyrant

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141959622
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises written by Xenophon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Socrates' Athenian disciples in his youth, Xenophon (c. 498-354 bc) fought as a mercenary commander in Cyrus the Younger's campaign to seize the Persian throne, and later wrote a wide range of works on history, politics and philosophy. These six treatises offer his informed insights into the nature of leadership. In the dialogue between the poet Simonides and Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, Xenophon provides a consummate consideration of the burdens of being an absolute dictator and the superior happiness of the private man. Elsewhere, his biography of King Agesilaus II of Sparta depicts the author's patron as a model of piety, justice, courage and wisdom, while other texts consider the essential qualities of the cavalry commander, analyse the skills of the horseman and the hunter, and advance a bold economic plan for democratic Athens.

Author : Xenophon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hiero written by Xenophon and published by . This book was released on 1713 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hiero, Or The Condition of a Tyrant. Translated from Xenophon. First Printed MDCCXIII. written by and published by . This book was released on 1750 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519526052
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hiero, Or the Tyrant written by Xenophon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xenophon of Athens was a Greek poet, historian, soldier and philosopher, living at a time of momentous events in Ancient Greek history. He wrote about the philosophy of Socrates, the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and the Persian expedition that formed the basis of his most famous work, Anabasis. In addition to his own works, he influenced the account of the Peloponnesian War written by the famous Greek historian Thucydides. Although he was recognized as a great writer and poet in his lifetime, Xenophon's involvement with Spartan politics and fighting led to his exile from Athens, and his association with Socrates probably did not help. His short treatise on Sparta's government is considered one of the first examples of political philosophy.

Author : Leo Strauss
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022603352X
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Tyranny written by Leo Strauss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Tyranny is Leo Strauss’s classic reading of Xenophon’s dialogue Hiero, or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss’s commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojève, and the complete correspondence between the two. This revised and expanded edition introduces important corrections throughout and expands Strauss’s restatement of his position in light of Kojève’s commentary to bring it into conformity with the text as it was originally published in France.

Author : Xenophon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hiero of Xenophon written by Xenophon and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Xenophon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 75 pages
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Download or read book Hiero, Or, The Condition of a Tyrant written by Xenophon and published by . This book was released on 1750 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leo Strauss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Tyranny, an Interpretation of Xenophon's Hiero written by Leo Strauss and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Xenophon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
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Download or read book Xenophōntos Hierōn ē tyrannikos written by Xenophon and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Orest Ranum
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030431851
Total Pages : 173 pages
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Download or read book Tyranny from Ancient Greece to Renaissance France written by Orest Ranum and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Palgrave Pivot examines how prominent thinkers throughout history, from ancient Greece to sixteenth-century France, have perceived tyrants and tyranny. Ancient philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle were the first to build a vocabulary for tyrants and the forms of government they corrupted. Thirteenth century analyses of tyranny by Thomas Aquinas and John of Salisbury, revived from Antiquity, were recast as short observations about what tyrants do. They claimed that tyrants govern for their own advantage, not for the people. Tyrants could be usurpers, increase taxes, and live in luxury. The list of tyrannical actions grew over time, especially in periods of turmoil and civil war, often raising the question: When can a tyrant be legitimately deposed or killed? In offering a brief biography of these political philosophers, including Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bodin, and others, along with their views on tyrannical behavior, Orest Ranum reveals how the concept of tyranny has been shaped over time, and how it still persists in political thought to this day.