Learn · Lawgivers in Political Imaginations

Lecture 5 of 62025-05-29

From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers

Professor Melissa Lane · Gresham College

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All the lectures

  1. Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend Audio
  2. Writing Laws: Hammurabi to Solon Audio
  3. Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Audio
  4. Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek Audio
  5. From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers Audio
  6. Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions Audio