Origins of Democratic Thinking

Dr Farrar argues that the development of political theory accompanied the growth of democracy at Athens in the fifth century BC. By analysing the writings of Protagoras, Thucydides and Democritus in the context of political developments and speculation about the universe, she reveals the existence of a distinctive approach to the characterisation of democratic order, and in doing so demonstrates the virtues of Thucydides' historical conception of politics.Farrar, Cynthia is the author of 'Origins of Democratic Thinking', published 1989 under ISBN 9780521375849 and ISBN 0521375843.