Masters and Slaves: Revisioned Essays in Political Philosophy

This collection of essays sheds light on the writings of leading figures in the history of political philosophy by exploring a range of questions concerning mastery and slavery in the human soul. The book looks at different archetypical human alternatives in their import for political life: the philosopher and king; the lover of wisdom and the lover of glory; the king and the tyrant; and the master and the slave. It covers different thoughts about the master and slave idea, from ancient thinkers to modern thinkers including Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli and Rousseau, as well as work by Leo Strauss, George Parkin Grant and Allan Bloom.