Author: William H. F. Altman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666920061
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Universally regarded as Plato’s student in antiquity, it is the eloquent and patriotic orator Demosthenes—not the pro-Macedonian Aristotle who tutored Alexander the Great—who returned to the dangerous Cave of political life, and thus makes it possible to recover the Old Academy. In Plato and Demosthenes: Recovering the Old Academy, William H. F. Altman explores how Demosthenes—along with Phocion, Lycurgus, and Hyperides—add external and historical evidence for the hypothesis that Plato’s brilliant and challenging dialogues constituted the Academy’s original curriculum. Altman rejects the facile view that the eloquent Plato, a master speech-writer as well as the proponent of the transcendent and post-eudaemonist Idea of the Good, was rhetoric’s enemy. He shows how Demosthenes acquired the discipline necessary to become a great orator, first by shouting at the sea and then by summoning the Athenians to self-sacrifice in defense of their waning freedom. Demosthenes thus proved Socrates’ criticism of democracy and the democratic man wrong, just as Plato the Teacher had intended that his best students would, and as he continues to challenge us to do today.
Plato and Demosthenes
Author: William H. F. Altman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666920061
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Universally regarded as Plato’s student in antiquity, it is the eloquent and patriotic orator Demosthenes—not the pro-Macedonian Aristotle who tutored Alexander the Great—who returned to the dangerous Cave of political life, and thus makes it possible to recover the Old Academy. In Plato and Demosthenes: Recovering the Old Academy, William H. F. Altman explores how Demosthenes—along with Phocion, Lycurgus, and Hyperides—add external and historical evidence for the hypothesis that Plato’s brilliant and challenging dialogues constituted the Academy’s original curriculum. Altman rejects the facile view that the eloquent Plato, a master speech-writer as well as the proponent of the transcendent and post-eudaemonist Idea of the Good, was rhetoric’s enemy. He shows how Demosthenes acquired the discipline necessary to become a great orator, first by shouting at the sea and then by summoning the Athenians to self-sacrifice in defense of their waning freedom. Demosthenes thus proved Socrates’ criticism of democracy and the democratic man wrong, just as Plato the Teacher had intended that his best students would, and as he continues to challenge us to do today.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666920061
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Universally regarded as Plato’s student in antiquity, it is the eloquent and patriotic orator Demosthenes—not the pro-Macedonian Aristotle who tutored Alexander the Great—who returned to the dangerous Cave of political life, and thus makes it possible to recover the Old Academy. In Plato and Demosthenes: Recovering the Old Academy, William H. F. Altman explores how Demosthenes—along with Phocion, Lycurgus, and Hyperides—add external and historical evidence for the hypothesis that Plato’s brilliant and challenging dialogues constituted the Academy’s original curriculum. Altman rejects the facile view that the eloquent Plato, a master speech-writer as well as the proponent of the transcendent and post-eudaemonist Idea of the Good, was rhetoric’s enemy. He shows how Demosthenes acquired the discipline necessary to become a great orator, first by shouting at the sea and then by summoning the Athenians to self-sacrifice in defense of their waning freedom. Demosthenes thus proved Socrates’ criticism of democracy and the democratic man wrong, just as Plato the Teacher had intended that his best students would, and as he continues to challenge us to do today.
Demosthenes
Author: William Jackson Brodribb
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Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Demosthenes
Author: Demosthenes
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ISBN: 9780674992634
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN: 9780674992634
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Why Plato Wrote
Author: Danielle S. Allen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444334484
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world’s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world’s first think-tank activist and message man. Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics Offers accessible discussions of Plato’s philosophy of language and political theory Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444334484
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world’s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world’s first think-tank activist and message man. Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics Offers accessible discussions of Plato’s philosophy of language and political theory Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
Demosthenes
Author: Werner Jaeger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"Demosthenes (384-322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC."--Wikipedia.
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"Demosthenes (384-322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC."--Wikipedia.
Greek Prose Phrase-book
Author: Henry William Auden
Publisher:
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Category : Greek language
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Category : Greek language
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Menexenus
Author: Plato
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Political Eloquence in Greece
Author: Léon Brédif
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Category : Eloquence
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Eloquence
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Demosthenes
Author: Samuel Henry Butcher
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Why Plato Wrote
Author: Danielle S. Allen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444351915
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world’s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world’s first think-tank activist and message man. Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics Offers accessible discussions of Plato’s philosophy of language and political theory Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444351915
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world’s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world’s first think-tank activist and message man. Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics Offers accessible discussions of Plato’s philosophy of language and political theory Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011