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Manuel Dr. Knoll

LMU Munich
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  • LMU Munich
    Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science
    Privatdozent
LMU Munich
GSI
PhD, 2000
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Munich, Bavaria, Germany
0000-0002-0651-1915
Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek Political Philosophy
Friedrich Nietzsche
Justice in Applied Ethics
Applied Ethics and Normative Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Miscellaneous
Ancient Greek Political Philosophy
Friedrich Nietzsche
Justice in Applied Ethics
Applied Ethics and Normative Ethics
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  • All publications (93)
  •  46
    Introduction: Nietzsche as political philosopher
    with Barry Stocker
    In Manuel Knoll & Barry Stocker (eds.), Nietzsche as Political Philosopher, De Gruyter. pp. 1-36. 2014.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
  •  45
    8. Platon: Die Theorie der Erkenntnis, der Ideen und der Seele
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 199-228. 2017.
  • Nietzsches "aristokratischer Radikalismus" : seine Konzeption des Menschen, der Verteilungsgerechtigkeit und des Staates
    In Hans-Martin Schönherr-Mann (ed.), Der Wille zur Macht und die "grosse Politik": Friedrich Nietzsches Staatsverständnis, Nomos. 2010.
    Social and Political Philosophy
  •  30
    Subject Index
    with Barry Stocker
    In Manuel Knoll & Barry Stocker (eds.), Nietzsche as Political Philosopher, De Gruyter. pp. 465-478. 2014.
  •  21
    7. Sokrates und seine Schüler Aristippos und Antisthenes
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 171-198. 2017.
  •  2495
    Machiavelli’s realist image of humanity and his justification of the state
    Filozofija I Društvo 29 (2): 182-201. 2018.
    This article examines Machiavelli’s image of humanity. It argues against the prevailing views that characterize it either as pessimistic or optimistic and defends the thesis that the Florentine has a realist image of humanity. Machiavelli is a psychological egoist who conceives of man as a being whose actions are motivated by his drives, appetites, and passions, which lead him often to immoral behavior. Man’s main drives are “ambition” (ambizione) and “avarice” (avarizia). This article also inve…Read more
    This article examines Machiavelli’s image of humanity. It argues against the prevailing views that characterize it either as pessimistic or optimistic and defends the thesis that the Florentine has a realist image of humanity. Machiavelli is a psychological egoist who conceives of man as a being whose actions are motivated by his drives, appetites, and passions, which lead him often to immoral behavior. Man’s main drives are “ambition” (ambizione) and “avarice” (avarizia). This article also investigates Machiavelli’s concept of nature and shows that, for him, the constancy of human nature is the central premise that makes the scientific analysis of politics possible. Despite the fact that human drives and capabilities are the same at all times, good laws, military training, and religion allow man to be changed and educated toward “virtue” (virtù). To make such changes in man, however, presupposes a good legal and political order. Machiavelli justifies the state because of its capacity to reshape human nature and to improve man. The state is not only a coercive power but a moral institution. This leads to the conclusion that Machiavelli does not separate politics from morality as most scholars claim.
    Political Theory
  •  33
    Name Index
    with Barry Stocker
    In Manuel Knoll & Barry Stocker (eds.), Nietzsche as Political Philosopher, De Gruyter. pp. 455-464. 2014.
  • Sphären der Gerechtigkeit: Ein kooperativer Kommentar (Preface by M. Walzer) (edited book)
    with Michael Spieker
    Steiner Verlag. 2014.
    Political Theory
  •  1741
    Nietzsches Begriff der Sozialen Gerechtigkeit
    Nietzsche Studien 38 (1): 156-181. 2009.
    Up to now researchers have maintained that Nietzsche’s philosophy has no concept of social justice or have hardly noticed such a concept. On the contrary, this article argues that social justice plays an important role in Nietzsche’s political thinking. It shows that his conception of justice is modelled after Plato’s antique concept of political justice. The main thesis of the paper is that this conception is embodied in Nietzsche’s notion of a well-ordered state or society. An additional thes…Read more
    Up to now researchers have maintained that Nietzsche’s philosophy has no concept of social justice or have hardly noticed such a concept. On the contrary, this article argues that social justice plays an important role in Nietzsche’s political thinking. It shows that his conception of justice is modelled after Plato’s antique concept of political justice. The main thesis of the paper is that this conception is embodied in Nietzsche’s notion of a well-ordered state or society. An additional thesis concerns the anthropological basis of what Nietzsche holds to be a just social order. This basis is constituted by his conviction that people are not only fundamentally unequal but also extremely different in worth and rank.
    Political EthicsPolitical TheoryFriedrich Nietzsche
  •  45
    11. Aristoteles: Psychologie, Ethik und politische Philosophie
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 277-304. 2017.
  •  52
    Introduction: Two Opposing Conceptions of Distributive Justice
    with Nurdane Şimşek and Stephen Snyder
    In Manuel Knoll, Stephen Snyder & Nurdane Şimsek (eds.), New Perspectives on Distributive Justice: Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus, De Gruyter. pp. 1-20. 2018.
    The concept of distributive justice and its history are far more complex than most contemporary scholars are aware of. This introduction to the volume "New Perspectives on Distributive Justice" elucides the different meanings of the concept in the tradition of Plato and Aristotle on the one hand, and in contemporary political philosophy on the other.
    Social and Political Philosophy, MiscellaneousPolitical Ethics
  •  51
    Inhalt
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 5-8. 2017.
  •  37
    12. Die hellenistische Philosophie: Stoa, Epikur und Skepsis
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 305-342. 2017.
  •  45
    Notes on Contributors
    with Nurdane Şimsek and Stephen Snyder
    In Manuel Knoll, Stephen Snyder & Nurdane Şimsek (eds.), New Perspectives on Distributive Justice: Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus, De Gruyter. pp. 541-544. 2018.
  •  36
    Table of Contents
    with Nurdane Şimsek and Stephen Snyder
    In Manuel Knoll, Stephen Snyder & Nurdane Şimsek (eds.), New Perspectives on Distributive Justice: Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus, De Gruyter. 2018.
  •  878
    8. Der Status der Bürger, der Frauen, der Fremden und der Sklaven in Magnesia
    In Christoph Horn (ed.), Platon: Gesetze/Nomoi, De Gruyter. pp. 143-164. 2013.
    This article examines the role of citiziens, women, metics, and slaves in Magnesia, the new city Plato outlines in his "Nomoi".
    Ancient Greek and Roman Political Philosophy
  •  688
    Aristóteles y el pensamiento político aristocrático
    Revista de filosofía (Chile) 73 87-106. 2017.
    Una Según una influyente línea interpretativa sostiene que la mejor ciudad polis ideal de Aristóteles debe ser considerada como un gobierno constitucionaluna politeia (πολιτεία). Son eruditos alemanes quienes adoptan esta lecturaEsta corriente predomina aún hoy entre los eruditos alemanes.. En este grupo hay que incluir a Martha Nussbaum en tanto que aboga por una “socialdemocracia aristotélicaEn tanto paladina de la “social democracia aristotélica”, Martha Nussbaum pertenece también a esta líne…Read more
    Una Según una influyente línea interpretativa sostiene que la mejor ciudad polis ideal de Aristóteles debe ser considerada como un gobierno constitucionaluna politeia (πολιτεία). Son eruditos alemanes quienes adoptan esta lecturaEsta corriente predomina aún hoy entre los eruditos alemanes.. En este grupo hay que incluir a Martha Nussbaum en tanto que aboga por una “socialdemocracia aristotélicaEn tanto paladina de la “social democracia aristotélica”, Martha Nussbaum pertenece también a esta línea exegética ”. En oposición a tales interpretaciones, este ensayo defiende la tesis que Aristóteles pertenece a la tradición de pensamiento político aristocrático. Esta tradición se remonta a Teognis, Heráclito y Platón y se inicia como una crítica dirigida tanto a la decadencia de la virtud aristocrática como cuanto al ascenso de valores democráticos ey egalitariosigualitarios. Este ensayo trabajo demuestra que Aristóteles concibe las diferentes formas de constitución como manifestaciones de distintas concepciones de la justicia distributiva. Aristóteles mantiene una clara preferencia por una concepción aristocrática de la justicia, y , por tantocomo consecuencia, por la aristocracia. La constitución de la mejor polis ideal que detalla en los libros VII y VIII de la Política debe entenderse como una “verdadera aristocracia” en la que los cargos políticos son distribuidos, según el mérito (κατ᾽ ἀξίαν), a los mejores ciudadanos entre los ciudadanos que sean los mejores desde el punto de vista moral e intelectualtanto moral como intelectualmente hablando. Aristóteles, pensamiento político aristocrático, justicia distributiva, aristocracia, mejor poli, sEstado ideal
    Ancient Greek and Roman Political Philosophy
  •  41
    List of Abbreviations
    with Nurdane Şimsek and Stephen Snyder
    In Manuel Knoll, Stephen Snyder & Nurdane Şimsek (eds.), New Perspectives on Distributive Justice: Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus, De Gruyter. 2018.
  •  91
    Aristóteles y el pensamiento político aristocrático
    Revista de Filosofía 73 87-106. 2017.
    Según una influyente línea interpretativa, la mejor polis de Aristóteles debe ser considerada una politeia. Esta corriente predomina aún hoy entre los eruditos alemanes. En tanto paladina de la “social democracia aristotélica”, Martha Nussbaum pertenece también a esta línea exegética. En oposición a tales interpretaciones, este ensayo defiende la tesis de que Aristóteles pertenece a la tradición de pensamiento político aristocrático. Esta tradición se remonta a Teognis, Heráclito y Platón y se i…Read more
    Según una influyente línea interpretativa, la mejor polis de Aristóteles debe ser considerada una politeia. Esta corriente predomina aún hoy entre los eruditos alemanes. En tanto paladina de la “social democracia aristotélica”, Martha Nussbaum pertenece también a esta línea exegética. En oposición a tales interpretaciones, este ensayo defiende la tesis de que Aristóteles pertenece a la tradición de pensamiento político aristocrático. Esta tradición se remonta a Teognis, Heráclito y Platón y se inicia como una crítica dirigida tanto a la decadencia de la virtud aristocrática cuanto al ascenso de valores democráticos e igualitarios. Este trabajo demuestra que Aristóteles concibe las diferentes formas de constitución como manifestaciones de distintas concepciones de la justicia distributiva. Aristóteles mantiene una clara preferencia por una concepción aristocrática de la justicia, y, por tanto, por la aristocracia. La constitución de la mejor polis que detalla en los libros VII y VIII de la Política debe entenderse como una “verdadera aristocracia” en la que los cargos políticos son distribuidos según el mérito entre los ciudadanos que sean los mejores desde el punto de vista moral e intelectual. Palabras clave: Aristóteles, pensamiento político aristocrático, justicia distributiva, aristocracia, mejor polis.
    Ancient Greek and Roman Political PhilosophyAristotle: Political PhilosophySocial and Political Phil…Read more
    Ancient Greek and Roman Political PhilosophyAristotle: Political PhilosophySocial and Political Philosophy, MiscellaneousAristotle: Ethics, Misc
  •  28
    6. Die jüngeren Sophisten: Gleichheit oder Ungleichheit der Menschen?
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 147-170. 2017.
  •  45
    10. Aristoteles: Die Naturphilosophie und die Metaphysik
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 255-276. 2017.
  •  52
    Author Index
    with Nurdane Şimsek and Stephen Snyder
    In Manuel Knoll, Stephen Snyder & Nurdane Şimsek (eds.), New Perspectives on Distributive Justice: Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus, De Gruyter. pp. 545-550. 2018.
  •  51
    Martha Nussbaum und Aristoteles
    Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 101 (1): 32-51. 2015.
    This paper gives a detailed analysis of Nussbaum's,,capabilities approach“ and her claim that it is a genuinely Aristotelian contemporary political philosophy. The paper comprehensively examines how Nussbaum bases her approach on human nature and questions her assertion that Aristotle's account of human nature and her approach are not metaphysical. It analyses the normative dimension of her,,capabilities approach“ and shows how she adopts and modifies Aristotle's doctrine of distributive justice…Read more
    This paper gives a detailed analysis of Nussbaum's,,capabilities approach“ and her claim that it is a genuinely Aristotelian contemporary political philosophy. The paper comprehensively examines how Nussbaum bases her approach on human nature and questions her assertion that Aristotle's account of human nature and her approach are not metaphysical. It analyses the normative dimension of her,,capabilities approach“ and shows how she adopts and modifies Aristotle's doctrine of distributive justice in an egalitarian way. With reference to contemporary literature on Aristotle's _Politics_, the paper criticizes that Nussbaum assimilates his political philosophy into modern values and notions, laying out several reasons supporting the thesis that Nussbaum's,,capabilities approach“ should not be regarded as an Aristotelian approach
    Value Theory
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    4. Die ewigen Bausteine der Dinge der Welt: Empedokles, Anaxagoras und die Atomisten
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 97-124. 2017.
  •  51
    Does Rawls’s First Principle of Justice Allow for Consensus? A Note
    with Nurdane Şimşek
    In Manuel Knoll, Stephen Snyder & Nurdane Şimsek (eds.), New Perspectives on Distributive Justice: Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus, De Gruyter. pp. 127-130. 2018.
  •  28
    2. Die milesische Kosmologie und die frühe italische Philosophie
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 37-62. 2017.
  •  72
    Antike Griechische Philosophie
    De Gruyter. 2017.
    Manuel Knoll führt in diesem Studienbuch in die griechische Philosophie sowie deren kontroverse Interpretationen ein. Die Darstellung ist dabei klar und an der neuesten Forschung orientiert. Einen Schwerpunkt bilden die antike Ethik und politische Philosophie. Ausführlich behandelt werden jedoch auch die frühgriechische Philosophie, die Sophisten und Sokrates, Platons Ideentheorie und die Metaphysik, Theologie und Naturphilosophie des Aristoteles. Das Buch präsentiert zudem die Naturphilosophie …Read more
    Manuel Knoll führt in diesem Studienbuch in die griechische Philosophie sowie deren kontroverse Interpretationen ein. Die Darstellung ist dabei klar und an der neuesten Forschung orientiert. Einen Schwerpunkt bilden die antike Ethik und politische Philosophie. Ausführlich behandelt werden jedoch auch die frühgriechische Philosophie, die Sophisten und Sokrates, Platons Ideentheorie und die Metaphysik, Theologie und Naturphilosophie des Aristoteles. Das Buch präsentiert zudem die Naturphilosophie und Ethik der Epikureer und der Stoiker. Die Serviceteile des Buchs informieren über Quellensammlungen, Nachschlagewerke und Literatur und bieten Übersetzungen zentraler Termini. Das Buch ist unerlässliche Lektüre für alle Studenten der antiken Philosophie.
    Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
  •  54
    Subject Index
    with Nurdane Şimsek and Stephen Snyder
    In Manuel Knoll, Stephen Snyder & Nurdane Şimsek (eds.), New Perspectives on Distributive Justice: Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus, De Gruyter. pp. 551-564. 2018.
  •  33
    3. Heraklit, Parmenides und die eleatische Schule
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 63-96. 2017.
  •  39
    1. Die Geburt der griechischen Philosophie: Hesiod und Thales
    In Antike Griechische Philosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 13-36. 2017.
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