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Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Discours grecs --- Demosthenes --- Translations, English --- Traduction anglaise --- Athens (Greece) --- Politics and government --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek. --- Greek orations --- Greek speeches --- Athens (Greece) - Politics and government - Early works to 1800 --- Translations, English.

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Classical Greek literature --- Political science --- Democracy --- Early works to 1800 --- Athens (Greece) --- Politics and government --- -Democracy --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- -Politics and government --- Political science - Early works to 1800 --- Democracy - Early works to 1800 --- Athens (Greece) - Politics and government - Early works to 1800

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In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Ranging from Thucydides and Aristophanes to the Greek tragedians and Plato, Balot shows that the ancient Athenians constructed a novel vision of courage that linked this virtue to fundamental democratic ideals such as freedom, equality, and practical rationality. The Athenian ideology of courage had practical implications for the conduct of war, for gender relations, and for the citizens'self-image as democrats. In revising traditional ideals, Balot argues, the Athenians reimagined the emotional and cognitive motivations for courage in ways that will unsettle and transform our contemporary discourses. Without losing sight of political tensions and practical conflicts, Balot illustrates the merits of the Athenian ideal, provocatively explaining its potential to enlarge our contemporary understandings of politics and ethics. The result is a remarkable interdisciplinary work that has significant implications for the theory and practice of democracy, both ancient and modern.

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