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Is there really a dictator's dilemma? Information and repression in autocracy
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 1, Page 381-395, January 2026.Abstract In his seminal work on the political economy of dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe posited the existence of a “dictator's dilemma,” in which repression leaves an autocrat less secure by reducing information about discontent. We explore the nature and resolution of this dilemma with a formalization that builds on recent work in the political economy
Scott Gehlbach +3 more
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Socrates’ Physiognomy: Plato and Xenophon in Comparison
, 2018 This paper aims to shed new light on the physiognomy of Socrates by comparatively examining Plato's and Xenophon’s passages on the topic. A comparative analysis of these texts is of primary importance for understanding the reception of Socrates ...
Stavru Alessandro
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Ch. 7. Response and Further Thoughts
Histos, 2016 Published in Richard Fernando Buxton, ed., Aspects of Leadership in Xenophon (HISTOS Supplement 5), p. 243-77.
John Dillery
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Ch. 4. Honour and the Art of Xenophontic Leadership
Histos, 2016 Throughout his wide-ranging corpus Xenophon portrays the desire for honour as a fundamentally human characteristic, one commonly attributed to rulers and commanders and yet also found among other individuals, regardless of their sex or social status ...
Benjamin D. Keim
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Exploring the importance of aromatic plants' extrafloral volatiles for pollinator attraction
New Phytologist, Volume 248, Issue 2, Page 517-528, October 2025.Summary Aromatic plants occur in many plant lineages and have widespread ethnobiological significance. Yet, the ecological significance and evolutionary origins of aromatic volatile emissions remain uncertain. Aromatic emissions have been implicated in defensive interactions but may also have other important functions.
Aphrodite Kantsa +3 more
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Ch. 1. Athenian Leaders in Xenophon's Memorabilia
Histos, 2016 This paper studies three categories of Athenian leaders in Xenophon’s Memorabilia: Socrates’ notorious pupils, Critias and Alcibiades; Pericles and Themistocles, illustrious democrats; and potential future leaders.
Melina Tamiolaki
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Respublica noumenon: Kant, Rousseau, and Plato's Republic
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 387-409, September 2025.Abstract This article examines the philosophical sources for Kant's interpretation of Plato's Republic and its impact on his conception of the ideal state. I argue that Kant's knowledge of Plato was not derived from Plato's writings, but from secondary accounts.
Michael Kryluk
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Senofonte, Ciropedia: Ciro bambino e adolescente
PeithoIn the last decades the Cyropaedia enjoyed a renewed interest, mostly addressed to the controversial character of Cyrus, exemplary leader or susceptible to a dark reading. However the character of Cyrus as a child and adolescent, who appears in Cyr. 1.3-
Fiorenza Bevilacqua
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Xenophon und die spartanische Nauarchie
Historika : Studi di Storia Greca e Romana, 2016 Xenophon generally considered Sparta to have been a well organized, ideal city-state, which fact he attributed to the presumed lawgiver Lycurgus. By contrast, he saw the Sparta of his own time as having gone awry in several ways, especially due to the ...
Lukas Thommen
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