TY - BOOK ID - 34877565 TI - Law, reason, and the cosmic city : political philosophy in the early Stoa PY - 2012 SN - 9780199922246 0199922241 1281165204 9786611165208 019804321X 1435620240 0195320093 0199869650 9780195320091 PB - New York, NY ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Stoics KW - Political science KW - Greece KW - Philosophy KW - Political science. KW - Politische Philosophie. KW - Stoa. KW - Stoics. KW - History KW - Philosophy. KW - Greece. KW - History. KW - Political science - Philosophy. KW - Political science - Greece - History. KW - Political science - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:34877565 AB - "The notions of the cosmic city and the common law are central to early Stoic political thought. As Katja Maria Vogt shows, together they make up one complex theory. A city is a place governed by the law. Yet only 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. The thought that we should view all other human beings as belonging to "our city" is at the heart of Stoic cosmopolitanism. All human beings are citizens of the cosmic city in the sense of living in the world." "As Vogt shows, political philosophy is central to early Stoic philosophy, and is deeply tied to the Stoics' conceptions of reason and wisdom. Vogt's argument is broad in scope: She explores the Stoics' idea of the cosmic city, their notion of citizen-gods, and their account of the law. Her work will interest scholars and students of the Stoics as well as those of political theory and philosophy."--BOOK JACKET. ER -