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Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy
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Theoria in Its Cultural Context
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521117791
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.04.2009
Seiten:
324
Autor:
Andrea Wilson Nightingale
Gewicht:
528 g
Format:
229x152x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Andrea Wilson Nightingale is an Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Stanford University. She is the author of Genres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of Philosophy (HB 052148264X; PB 0521 774330), and has written numerous essays on Greek philosophy and culture. She is a recent recipient of Guggenheim and ACLS Fellowships.
This examines the invention of 'theoretical philosophy' in fourth-century Greece (BCE)
1. Theoria as a cultural practice; 2. Spectacles of truth: inventing philosophic theoria; 3. The fable of philosophy in Plato's Republic; 4. Theorizing the beautiful: from Plato to Philip of Opus; 5. 'Useless' knowledge: Aristotle's rethinking of theoria; Epilogue 'Broken knowledge'? theoria and wonder.