UID:
almahu_9949481280602882
Format:
1 online resource (488 p.)
ISBN:
9780520380172
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9783110993899
Series Statement:
Sather Classical Lectures ; 76
Content:
This revisionist history traces an influential theory of practical reason from its origins in ancient Greece to its modern and contemporary permutations. The Greek discovery of practical reason, as the skilled performance of strategic thinking in public and private affairs, was an intellectual breakthrough that remains both a feature and a bug of our modern world. Countering arguments that rational choice-making is a contingent product of modernity, The Greeks and the Rational traces the long history of theorizing rationality back to ancient Greece. In this book, Josiah Ober explores how ancient Greek sophists, historians, and philosophers developed sophisticated and systematic ideas about practical reason. At the same time, they recognized its limits-that not every decision can be reduced to mechanistic calculations of optimal outcomes. We see contemporary echoes of this tradition in the application of game theory to political science, economics, and business management. The Greeks and the Rational offers a striking revisionist history with widespread implications for the study of ancient Greek civilization, the history of thought, and human rationality itself.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgments --
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Abbreviations and Classical References --
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Introduction: Discovering Practical Reason --
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1. Gyges' Choice: Rationality and Visibility --
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2. Glaucon's Dilemma: Origins of Social Order --
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3. Deioces' Ultimatum: How to Choose a Ruler --
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4. Solon's Bargain: Self-Enforcing Constitutional Order --
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5. Melos' Prospect: Limits of Interstate Rationality --
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6. Socrates' Critique: Problems for Democratic Rationality --
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7. Cephalus' Expertise: Economic Rationality --
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8. Conclusions: Utility and Eudaimonia --
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Epilogue --
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Appendix --
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Works Cited --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
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EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110992915
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EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110992878
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University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766493
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520380172
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520380172?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780520380172
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