Clifford Angell Bates

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Looking for a good History of English translation of Aristotle's Politics?

Does anyone here know of a good account of the history of the translation of Aristotle's Politics into English? I am looking for the background of the early translation (from Renaissance to the...

19 May 2022 8,799 0 View

What is some good scholarship on the Roman the patronus ("patron") and their cliens ("client"), as compared/contrasted to practices in Ancient Greeks?

What is some good scholarship on the Roman the patronus ("patron") and their cliens ("client"), as compared/contrasted to practices in Ancient Greeks? And what if any did this factor played in how...

28 March 2020 10,187 2 View

What are the differences in key terms in Morbeke's translation of the Politics to that of Bruni's translation?

What are the differences in key terms in Morbeke's translation of the Politics to that of Bruni's translation in relation to key concepts that are at play in Aristotle's Politics? Could you also...

28 March 2020 2,831 0 View

Polybius knowledge of Aristotle Politics?

One one looks at Polybius's treatment of revolutions in Book 8 of his History, it looks as if he never read Aristotle's Politics book 5. In fact Polybius's account of the cycle of politeia looks...

22 February 2016 5,166 13 View

In the history of German when did the concept of the "state" (staat) appear in normal usage?

In the history of German when did the concept of the "state" (staat) appear in normal usage? I am asking this because I wish to see given that the concept of the state meaning the given...

07 June 2015 9,452 16 View

The Ancient Roman view of women being always/permanently connected to their family and the difference to Ancient Greek practice. How do they differ?

The Ancient Roman view of women being always/permanently connected to their family and the difference to Ancient Greek practice. How do they differ? And why the Greeks seem not to have the same...

26 May 2015 2,278 9 View

What are the differences between Roman and Greek fathers in their power over their children?

Classics (Latin and Greek), Ancient History, Historical Social Anthropology I am interested in comparisons of the power [especially of life and death] of the Roman Father over Children to that of...

26 May 2015 4,446 10 View

What is really the source for and the use of the concept of political form in Pierre Manent?

Lately in his recent works Pierre Manent, the French political theorist and friend of Bloom and others of Strauss students, points to the concept of the political form. This is especially so in...

20 May 2015 7,738 9 View

Bruni's use of societas for koinonia as intentional distortion of Aristotle

This is something I have been pondering for a while. Leonardo Bruni (1370–1444) in his rather popular translation of Aristotle's Politics choose to use societas civilis as the preferred...

01 January 1970 5,164 0 View

The Chicken-Egg Problem of the Political and the Socio-Cultural

The relationship between politics and culture is often seen as a "chicken-and-egg" problem: each shapes and reinforces the other. However, those addressing political questions should start with...

01 January 1970 8,840 2 View

On translating Koinonia as used by Aristotle and Plato into English

The core issue lies in the translation of koinonia and its connection to modern concepts of society and community. The question arises: How should we translate koinonia? As modern translators...

01 January 1970 8,194 2 View