Intellectuals In Politics In The Greek World(Routledge Revivals): From Early Times To The Hellenistic Age

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity It is argued that most philosophers were unsuccessful when they intervened in politics. The result was that many thinkers retreated to inter-scholastic disputation where the political objects of discussion increasingly became far removed from contemporary reality.

• | Author: Frank Vatai
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 15, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 184 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415749379
• | ISBN-13: 9780415749374