What does isegoria mean?

Isegoria meaning Equality of all in freedom of speech.

What does Herodotus praise about isegoria?

What Herodotus praises about isegoria, equal right of speech, does not have to do with speech itself. Isegoria does not promote the truth or produce wisdom, or rather this is not what is praiseworthy about it. Equal speech matters because of its effects on the broader political culture, speakers and audience alike.

How does isegoria contribute to Democratic dignity?

Isegoria allows the Athenians to be fully themselves as individuals while relating to others as equals; isegoria thus creates the conditions for dignity. But the Histories suggest that democratic dignity should not be understood in epistemic terms but in terms of power.

Does isegoria produce wisdom?

Isegoria, the right to speak, does not produce wisdom (indeed, Herodotus specifically denies the wisdom of the multitude, 5.97) but asserts and enables the dignity and power of the multitude. The Histories thus both illustrate and qualify the account of democratic dignity developed by Josiah Ober ( 2012 ).