Claims that while we are in many ways different from the Greeks the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic conceptions of ethical life. This book argues that we are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we grasp our differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery.


Format Häftad Omfång 280 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag University of California Press Utgivningsdatum 2008-04-15 ISBN 9780520256439