Presents new historical research on ancient Athens' democracy and political economy

Considers solutions to problems of distribution of offices and wealth

Identifies historical lessons about democracy, and equality and inequalities

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Georgios Anagnostopoulos is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He works primarily on ancient Greek philosophy, and is the author of Aristotle on the Goals and Exactness of Ethics and editor of The Blackwell Companion to Aristotle and of two collections of essays on ancient Greek philosophy in Springer's Philosophical Studies Series .

Gerasimos Santas is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of California, Irvine. His books include Socrates, Plato and Freud, Goodness and Justice, Understanding Plato' Republic, The Blackwell Guide to Plato' Republic (ed.). His current interests include economic inequalities and democratic justice in ancient and modern times.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Chapter 1. Institutions, Growth, and Inequality in Ancient Greece (Josiah Ober).- Chapter 2. Economic Inequality, Poverty, and Democracy in Athens (Claire Taylor).- Chapter 3. Plato on Equality and Democracy (Christopher J. Rowe).- Chapter 4. Inequality, Intention, and Ignorance: Socrates on Punishment and the Human Good (Terry Penner).- Chapter 5. Like-Mindedness: Plato's Solution to the Problem of Faction (Catherine McKeen and Nicholas D. Smith).- Chapter 6. Plato on Inequalities, Justice, and Democracy (Gerasimos Santas).- Chapter 7. Justice, Distribution of Resources, and (In)equalities in Aristotle's Ideal Constitution (Georgios Anagnostopoulos).- Chapter 8. Aristotle on Freedom and Equality (David Keyt).- Chapter 9. Virtue, Equality and Inequality in Aristotle's Politics (Deborah K. W. Modrak).- Chapter 10. Aristotle on Inequality of Wealth (Paula Gottlieb).- Chapter 11. Aristotle on Democracy and the Marketplace (Fred D. Miller, Jr.).- Chapter 12. Equal but Not Equal: Plato and Aristotle on Women as Citizens (Dorothea Frede).