Masters and Slaves: Revisioned Essays in Political Philosophy

by Michael Palmer

This collection of essays sheds light on the writings of leading figures in the history of political philosophy by exploring a nexus of questions concerning mastery and slavery in the human soul. To this end, Masters and Slaves elucidates archetypal human alternatives in their import for political life: the philosopher and king; the lover of wisdom and the lover of glory; the king and the tyrant; and finally, the master and the slave. Palmer re-examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739102214
• ISBN13: 9780739102213
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 176 Pages