Why Plato wrote

"Why Plato Wrote is the first book to be published in the prestigious Blackwell Bristol Lecture Series in Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition. In this thought-provoking text Danielle Allen eloquently argues that Plato wrote to change Athenian culture and thereby transform Athenian politics...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Allen, Danielle S. 1971- (Συγγραφέας)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell c2010
Σειρά:Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Prologuue: Why think about Plato?
  • Part I: Why Plato Wrote: Chapter 1: Who was Plato?; Chapter 2: The importance of symbols to human life; Chapter 3: The philosopher as model-maker; Chapter 4: The philosopher as shadow-maker; Chapter 5: What Plato wrote; Chapter 6: How Plato lived.
  • Part II: What Plato did: Chapter 7: The case for influence; Chapter 8: Culture war emergent; Chapter 9: Culture war concluded
  • Epilogue: and to my colleagues
  • Appendix 1: The relationship between paradigms and forms
  • Appendix 2: A second tri-partite division of the soul?
  • Appendix 3: Miso- compounds in greek literature.