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Allegories and Metaphors in Early Political Thought
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This book examines allegories and metaphors that best exemplify each thinker's ideologies. The author's approach allows readers to gain a greater understanding of each thinker's ideas through the lens of metaphor and this stimulates imaginative discussions and more thoughtful reflections.
Allegories and Metaphors in Early Political Thought: From Plato to Machiavelli examines allegories and metaphors that best exemplify the ideologies of Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Niccolo Machiavelli. Author Kevin Dooley's approach allows readers to gain a greater understanding of each thinker's ideas through the lens of metaphor, which stimulates imaginative discussions and more thoughtful reflections.
Autorentext
Kevin Dooley is Associate Professor of Political Science at Monmouth University. He earned his PhD in global affairs from Rutgers University-Newark.
Inhalt
Preface - Introduction - Plato (427-347 BC): Gyges' Ring, the Divided Line, and the Allegory of the Cave - Aristotle (384-322 BC): Acorns and Oak Trees, the Feast - St. Augustine (354-430): City of God, City of Man - St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): The Pilot and the Shepherd - Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527): The Lion and the Fox, the River - Index.
Weitere Informationen
- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09781433154676
- Sprache Englisch
- Auflage 1. Auflage
- Größe H225mm x B150mm x T9mm
- Jahr 2018
- EAN 9781433154676
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- ISBN 1433154676
- Veröffentlichung 05.12.2018
- Titel Allegories and Metaphors in Early Political Thought
- Autor Kevin Dooley
- Untertitel From Plato to Machiavelli
- Gewicht 211g
- Herausgeber Peter Lang
- Anzahl Seiten 142
- Lesemotiv Verstehen
- Genre Politikwissenschaft