Tag: The Greek Polis

Commentary

  • Reason and Revolution

    - Marcuse, Herbert. Reason and Revolution, new edition. Boston, 1960.
    Excerpt: Any recognition of individual freedom consequently seemed to involve tearing down the ancient democracy. ‘That very subjective freedom which constitutes the principle and determines the peculiar form of freedom in our world – which forms… More
  • Hegel’s Practical Philosophy

    - Pippin, Robert. Hegel’s Practical Philosophy, Cambridge, 2008.
    Excerpt: … What is important, Antigone implicitly asserts, is what one claims for oneself, what sort of recognition one demands; that the issue of the status of Polyneices as a family member as well as citizen is not independently real, a mere… More