The influence of the Platonic metaphysical tradition on the
development of modern Western political institutions, and the
modern state in particular has been quite significant. The
influence of the modern Western state ...
Two recent arguments trace the genealogy of human rights back
to either Paul on the one hand or the Stoics on the other. First,
Crossan and Reed (2004) suggest that although Paul intended
his egalitarian vision and ...
Protagoras’ declaration that “man is the measure of all things” is
conventionally discussed in the context of epistemology. There
was, however, a communal or social dimension to this even in
ancient Greece. In the ...