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In <i>Solon the Thinker</i>, John Lewis presents the hypothesis that Solon saw Athens as a self-governing, self-supporting system akin to the early Greek conceptions of the cosmos. Solon's<i> polis</i> functions not through divine intervention but by its own internal energy, which is founded on the intellectual health of its people, depends upon their acceptance of justice and moderation as orderly norms of life, and leads to the rejection of tyranny and slavery in favour of freedom. But Solon's

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Author

John David Lewis

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781472521149

Category

biography

Subjects

History, Biography, Literary Fiction

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13