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内容简介:
Both a history and an examination of human thought and behavior spanning three thousand years, On Politics thrillingly traces the origins of political philosophy from the ancient Greeks to Machiavelli in Book I and from Hobbes to the present age in Book II. Whether examining Lord Acton’s dictum that “absolute power corrupts absolutely” or explicating John Stuart Mill’s contention that it is “better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied,” Alan Ryan evokes the lives and minds of our greatest thinkers in a way that makes reading about them a transcendent experience. Whether writing about Plato or Augustine, de Toqueville or Thomas Jefferson, Ryan brings a wisdom to his text that illuminates John Dewey’s belief that the role of philosophy is less to see truth than to enhance experience. With this unparalleled tour de force, Ryan emerges in his own right as one of the most influential political philosophers of our time.
作者简介:
Alan Ryan was warden of New College, Oxford University, and professor of political theory. The author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, he currently teaches politics at Princeton University.
原文摘录:
对于自然法与万民法的区别，有各种解释。实质在于：一个是所有理性的人都明白的法律，是对“理性的人为了安全、正义和更好地追求共善，会同意遵守何种规则”这一问题的回答，另一个是各族群接受的共同法律，是对“管理人类社会的有哪些共同原则？”这一问题的回答。
公民权利是罗马社会特有的法律，由罗马公民自己确立。 (查看原文)
犬儒女青年
2021-08-31 00:57:07
—— 引自章节：第六章：从奥古斯丁到阿奎那
鉴于圣奥古斯丁对后来基督教思想的影响，以他的去世作为古典政治思想史的结束似乎不合情理。难道不应该以他作为基督教政治思想史的开端吗？对这个问题没有一锤定音的回答，但有一个看待政治思想史的有效办法：奥古斯丁的政治世界是罗马帝国的世界。 (查看原文)
FACT
2019-11-12 22:09:13
—— 引自章节：第二部前言