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"Schollmeier departs from Plato and Aristotle … in maintaining that productive activity or craft labor can be intrinsically good as a form of rational activity … Schollmeier’s notion of 'artisanal happiness' enables him to avoid what is widely regarded as one of the most problematic aspects of classical Greek political philosophy. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Schollmeier offers a penetrating critique of liberal and neo-liberal paradigms of political theory and proposes instead a ""eudaimonic"" polity of rational individuals who, rather than aiming at mere satisfaction of desire, engage in rational productivity. This is an important and much-needed argument that carves out an original space between ancient and modern theories with stimulating analyses of liberty, property, community and other key conceptions of political theory. * Phillip Mitsis A.S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Civilization and Culture New York University, USA *"

Schollmeier offers a penetrating critique of liberal and neo-liberal paradigms of political theory and proposes instead a eudaimonic polity of rational individuals who, rather than aiming at mere satisfaction of desire, engage in rational productivity. This is an important and much-needed argument that carves out an original space between ancient and modern theories with stimulating analyses of liberty, property, community and other key conceptions of political theory. * Phillip Mitsis A.S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Civilization and Culture New York University, USA *

Schollmeier departs from Plato and Aristotle ... in maintaining that productive activity or craft labor can be intrinsically good as a form of rational activity ... Schollmeier's notion of 'artisanal happiness' enables him to avoid what is widely regarded as one of the most problematic aspects of classical Greek political philosophy. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Schollmeier offers a penetrating critique of liberal and neo-liberal paradigms of political theory and proposes instead a eudaimonic polity of rational individuals who, rather than aiming at mere satisfaction of desire, engage in rational productivity. This is an important and much-needed argument that carves out an original space between ancient and modern theories with stimulating analyses of liberty, property, community and other key conceptions of political theory. * Phillip Mitsis A.S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Civilization and Culture New York University, USA *

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Paul Schollmeier is Barrick Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.

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