Plato's academy its workings and its history
"Plato's Academy is commonly regarded as the most prestigious and most influential of all educational institutions in antiquity. Founded by one of the greatest thinkers of all times, its activity as a centre of philosophical and scientific research spanned at least three centuries (from ca...
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Zusammenfassung: | "Plato's Academy is commonly regarded as the most prestigious and most influential of all educational institutions in antiquity. Founded by one of the greatest thinkers of all times, its activity as a centre of philosophical and scientific research spanned at least three centuries (from ca. 387 to ca. 86 B.C.), while the influence it has exerted on contemporary and later philosophical and scientific thought is almost impossible to overestimate. The Academy's history is supposed to reflect not only the theoretical aspirations of its founder and his followers, but also the manner in which they believed their views should operate within a given social context"-- |
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Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 384-419 Aus dem Vorwort: The papers that appear in the present volume were originally presented at a conference entitled "Plato's academy. A survey of the evidence", held on 12-16 December 2012 by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The conference was part of the project "Plato's academy - development of knowledge and innovative ideas |
Beschreibung: | xi, 434 Seiten Illustrationen, Pläne, Karten |
ISBN: | 9781108426442 978-1-108-42644-2 9781108445153 978-1-108-44515-3 9781108554664 |