Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 450 g
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 450 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-532009-1
Verlag: ACADEMIC
The notions of the cosmic city and the common law are central to early Stoic political thought. As Vogt shows, together they make up one complex theory. A city is a place governed by the law. Yet on the law pervading the cosmos can be considered a true law, and thus the cosmos is the only real city. A city is also a dwelling-place--in the case of the cosmos, the dwelling-place of all human beings. Further, a city demarcates who belongs together as fellow-citizens. The thought that we should view all other human beings as belonging to us constitutes the core of Stoic cosmopolitanism. All human beings are citizens of the cosmic city in the sense of living in the world. But the demanding task of acquiring wisdom allows a person to become a citizen in the strict sense: someone who lives according to the law, as the gods do. The sage is the only citizen, relative, friend and free person; via these notions, the Stoics explore the political dimensions of the Stoic idea of wisdom. Vogt argues against two widespread interpretations of the common law--that it consists of rules, and that lawful action is what right reason prescribes. While she rejects the rules-interpretation, she argues that the prescriptive reason-interpretation correctly captures key ideas of the Stoics' theory, but misses the substantive side of their conception of the law. The sage fully understands what is valuable for human beings, and this makes her actions lawful. The Stoics emphasize the revisionary nature of their theory; whatever course of action perfect deliberation commands, even if it be cutting off one's limb and eating it, we should act on its command, and not be held back by conventional judgments.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Current Affairs
- Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
Weitere Infos & Material
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1: THE DISTURBING THESES
- 1: The Disturbing Theses and the Reception of Early Stoic Political Philosophy
- 2: The Lists of Disturbing Theses: Diogenes Laertius
- 3: The Lists of Disturbing Theses: Sextus Empiricus
- 4: The Stoic 'Art of Life'
- 5: Variants of Sceptical Argument
- 6: Stoic Revisionism
- 7: Ways of Making Sense of the Disturbing Theses
- CHAPTER 2: THE COMMUNITY OF ALL BEINGS
- 1: Four Theses on Citizenship
- 2: 'Only the Sages are Citizens'
- 3: All Human Beings
- 4: Humans and Gods, and Sages and Gods
- 5: Citizenship, Reason, and the Theory of Oikeosis
- CHAPTER 3: SAGES AND GODS
- 1: Are Gods Sages?
- 2: The Sage is 'Ignorant of Nothing'
- 3: 'Only the Sage is X'
- 4: Citizenship and Being a Relative
- 5: The Citizen-Gods: Celestial Bodies and Portions of Pneuma
- 6: Friendship
- 7: Eros--God of Friendship and Concord
- CHAPTER 4: LAW AND REASON
- 1: Human Beings have Reason
- 2: Hormetic Impressions
- 3: Well-Reasoned Action
- 4: Appropriate Action, Law, and Nature
- 5: Prescriptive Reason and Freedom
- 6: Appropriate Action and Rules
- 7: Appropriate Action and the Concerns of Others
- 8: A Hierarchy of Values?
- 9: Appropriate Action and Circumstances
- 10: The Common Law
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
