Public goods, private goods
With a New Preface by the Author
Arguments against a single substantive public/private distinction, based on three case studies: Diogenes the Cynic masturbating in the Agora; Caesar deciding whether or not to cross the Rubicon and march on Rome by weighing his personal dignitas against the consequences for res publica; and Augustin...
Author: | Raymond Geuss |
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Princeton University Press,
Princeton (N.J.),
2001
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Series: | Princeton Monographs in Philosophy |
Total Pages: | XXVI, 148 |
ISBN: | 0-691-11720-9 |
Format: | Book |
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Summary: | Arguments against a single substantive public/private distinction, based on three case studies: Diogenes the Cynic masturbating in the Agora; Caesar deciding whether or not to cross the Rubicon and march on Rome by weighing his personal dignitas against the consequences for res publica; and Augustine's concerns for inner spiritual contemplation in Conf. and De civ. Dei. |
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