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Melissa Lane


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in New York City, NY, The United States
January 01, 1966

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Melissa Lane received her PhD in philosophy from Cambridge University, where she teaches the history of political thought and political philosophy in the history faculty. She is a fellow of King's College. Her books include Method and Politics in Plato's Statesman (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and Plato's Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind (Duckworth, 2001) ...more

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Greek and Roman Political I...

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The Birth of Politics: Eigh...

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Eco-Republic: What the Anci...

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“The Greek poets had praised virtue as taking several specific forms: wisdom; courage; moderation; justice; and piety.”
Melissa Lane, Greek and Roman Political Ideas: A Pelican Introduction

“if people are resistant to education and cling to their varying whims, they are likely to swarm around a charismatic figure and thereby risk letting democracy mutate into tyranny.”
Melissa Lane, The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter



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