Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World (Routledge Revivals)

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity It is argued that most philosophers were unsuccessful when they intervened in politics. The result was that many thinkers retreated to inter-scholastic disputation where the political objects of discussion increasingly became far removed from contemporary reality.