The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason Volume 76

by Josiah Ober

Tracing practical reason from its origins to its modern and contemporary permutations

The Greek discovery of practical reason, as the skilled performance of strategic thinking in public and private affairs, was an intellectual breakthrough that remains both a feature of and a bug in our modern world. Countering arguments that rational choice-making is a contingent product of modernity, The Greeks and the Rational traces the long...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520380169
• ISBN13: 9780520380165
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"