The Athenian Constitution

图书标准信息

• 作者 Aristotle 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1984-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140444315
• 定价 69.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 208页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ProbablywrittenbyastudentofAristotle,TheAthenianConstitutionisbothahistoryandananalysisofAthens'politicalmachinerybetweentheseventhandfourthcenturiesBC,whichstandsasamodelofdemocracyatatimewhencity-stateslivedunderdifferingkindsofgovernment.ThewriterrecountsthemajorreformsofSolon,theruleofthetyrantPisistratusandhissons,theemergenceofthedemocracyinwhichpowerwassharedbyallfreemalecitizens,andtheleadershipofPericlesandthedemagogueswhofollowedhim.Hegoesontheexaminethecity'sadministrationinhisowntime-thecouncil,theofficialsandthejudicialsystem.ForitsinformationonAthens'developmentandhowthedemocracyworked,TheAthenianConstitutionisaninvaluablesourceofknowledgeaboutthiscity-state.

【作者简介】

AristotlewasbornatStageira,inthedominionofthekingsofMacedonia,in384BC.FortwentyyearshestudiedatAthensintheAcademyofPlato,onwhosedeathin347heleft,and,sometimelater,becametutoroftheyoungAlexandertheGreat.WhenAlexandersucceededtothethroneofMacedoniain335,AristotlereturnedtoAthensandestablishedhisschoolandresearchinstitute,theLyceum,towhichhisgreateruditionattractedalargenumberofscholars.AfterAlexander'sdeathin323,anti-MacedonianfeelingdroveAristotleoutofAthens,andhefledtoChalcisinEuboea,wherehediedin322.Hiswritings,whichwereofextraordinaryrange,profoundlyaffectedthewholecourseofancientandmedievalphilosophy,andtheyarestilleagerlystudiedanddebatedbyphilosopherstoday.VerymanyofthemhavesurvivedandamongthemostfamousaretheEthicsandthePolitics.

【目录】

Illustrations

A possible reconstruction of the kyrbeis

Schematic representation of the court complex

A juror's ticket (from a photograph of Brooklyn Museum, New

York, 34.678; reproduced by permission of the BrooklynMuseum.

Actual size Ir cm x z cm)

A pair of allotment-machines for the selection of jurors(adapted

from plate accompanying article by S. Dow, Harvard Studies in

Classical Philology 50 (1939), pp. x-:34; reprinted by permissionof

Professor Dow and Harvard University Press)

A water-clock (based on Excavations of the Athenian Agora,

Picture Book No. 4: The Athenian Citizen, figure z6, bypermission

of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens)

A juror's ballot

Maps

Map of Greecc

Map of Attica

Plan of Athens