Volume 23, Issue 4, 2013
Henryk Skolimowski’s Eco-Philosophy
Christopher Vasillopulos
Pages 161-172
The Iliad. The First Political Theory
Achilles’ dissatisfaction with the heroic code, despite his preeminence, is Homer’s platform on which he demonstrates that the code is an inadequate basis for the emerging polis. The political requires a new kind of man, one capable of love and friendship. For only this kind of man can be a proper citizen, a person capable of more than adherence to a heroic code.