Il problema della certezza del diritto in età greca ed ellenistica. L’originalità del pensiero di Epicuro.

Traditionally, the transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic age, with the progressive end of political autonomy in favor of the great monarchies, has been associated, in Greek thought, with a decline in interest in the political-constitutional sphere, and therefore also in the legal sphere. These were gradually replaced, if anything, on the one hand by reflections on individual (rather than community) well-being, and on the other by reflections on "kingship," more in keeping with the changing historical circumstances. This is a thesis, moreover, supported in a famous work by Isaiah Berlin, who, in turn, draws on Hegel's thought. This thesis is not entirely correct, and Hellenistic political thought remains, I would say, a vast, largely unexplored land for scholars of Greek legal thought.