Moral vision in the Histories of Polybius /

Arthur Eckstein's fresh and stimulating interpretation challenges the way Polybius' Histories have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even "Machiavellian" one. Polybius particul...

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主要作者: Eckstein, Arthur M.
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1995.
叢編:Hellenistic culture and society ; 16.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5973066
書本目錄:
  • Introduction: Polybius and "Machiavellianism"
  • Polybius's Aristocratic Ethos: Deeds of Personal Courage
  • Polybius's Aristocratic Ethos: Honor, War, and Wealth
  • Polybius's Aristocratic Ethos: Deceit and Good Faith
  • Threats to the Social Order in The Histories, and the Polybian Response
  • The Art of Generalship as the Imposition of Order
  • Politics: Greece and Rome
  • Optimism and Pessimism
  • Conclusion: The Duty to Act
  • Appendix: Polybius on Drinking and Drunkenness.