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24 produkter
Leo Tolstoy and Platonic Inspiration
Inbunden, 2026
911 kr
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Leo Tolstoy had a deep and long-lasting interest in Plato. This study looks at the way some particularly well-known Platonic themes can be found in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The themes in question include the journey between the mundane and the eternal (most famously represented in the …
Pseudo-Platonic Seventh Letter
Av Michael Frede, Myles Burnyeat m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
972 kr
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The Seventh Platonic Letter describes Plato''s attempts to turn the ruler of Sicily, Dionysius II, into a philosopher ruler along the lines of the Republic. It explains why Plato turned from politics to philosophy in his youth and how he then tried to apply his ideas to actual politics later on. It …
Levels of Argument
A Comparative Study of Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
E-bok, 2015
385 kr
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In Levels of Argument , Dominic Scott compares the Republic and Nicomachean Ethics from a methodological perspective. In the first half he argues that the Republic distinguishes between two levels of argument in the defence of justice, the ''longer'' and ''shorter'' routes. The longer is the ideal …
Maieusis
Essays in Ancient Philosophy in Honour of Myles Burnyeat
E-bok, 2007
1112 kr
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Maieusis pays tribute to the highly influential work of Myles Burnyeat, whose contributions to the study of ancient philosophy have done much to enhance the profile of the subject around the world. What is distinctive about his work is his capacity to deepen our understanding of the relation …
Models of Leadership in Plato and Beyond
Av R. Edward Freeman, Dominic Scott
E-bok, 2021
343 kr
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Leadership has become a prevalent concept across a variety of disciplines, among them history, politics, management studies, economics, and psychology. An array of definitions and theories have been proposed both by those who study leadership, and by those in leadership positions themselves. Here, …
Models of Leadership in Plato and Beyond
Av R. Edward Freeman, Dominic Scott
E-bok, 2021
343 kr
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Leadership has become a prevalent concept across a variety of disciplines, among them history, politics, management studies, economics, and psychology. An array of definitions and theories have been proposed both by those who study leadership, and by those in leadership positions themselves. Here, …
Listening to Reason in Plato and Aristotle
E-bok, 2020
1054 kr
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Focusing on Plato''s Republic and Aristotle''s Nicomachean Ethics, this book compares their views on the persuasiveness of moral argument: how far did they think it could reach beyond a narrow circle of believers and influence people more generally? Answering this question requires a wide-ranging …
The Pseudo-Platonic Seventh Letter
Av Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1408 kr
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The Seventh Platonic Letter describes Plato's attempts to turn the ruler of Sicily, Dionysius II, into a philosopher ruler along the lines of the Republic. It explains why Plato turned from politics to philosophy in his youth and how he then tried to apply his ideas to actual politics later on. It …
Levels of Argument
A Comparative Study of Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Häftad, 2018
435 kr
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In Levels of Argument, Dominic Scott compares the Republic and Nicomachean Ethics from a methodological perspective. In the first half he argues that the Republic distinguishes between two levels of argument in the defence of justice, the 'longer' and 'shorter' routes. The longer is the ideal and …
Models of Leadership in Plato and Beyond
Av Dominic Scott, R. Edward Freeman
Inbunden, 2021
464 kr
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Leadership has become a prevalent concept across a variety of disciplines, among them history, politics, management studies, economics, and psychology. An array of definitions and theories have been proposed both by those who study leadership, and by those in leadership positions themselves. Here, …
Listening to Reason in Plato and Aristotle
Inbunden, 2020
1615 kr
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Focusing on Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, this book compares their views on the persuasiveness of moral argument: how far did they think it could reach beyond a narrow circle of believers and influence people more generally? Answering this question requires a wide-ranging …
Levels of Argument
A Comparative Study of Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Inbunden, 2015
1830 kr
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In Levels of Argument, Dominic Scott compares the Republic and Nicomachean Ethics from a methodological perspective. In the first half he argues that the Republic distinguishes between two levels of argument in the defence of justice, the 'longer' and 'shorter' routes. The longer is the ideal and …
Maieusis
Essays in Ancient Philosophy in Honour of Myles Burnyeat
Inbunden, 2007
1988 kr
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Maieusis pays tribute to the highly influential work of Myles Burnyeat, whose contributions to the study of ancient philosophy have done much to enhance the profile of the subject around the world. What is distinctive about his work is his capacity to deepen our understanding of the relation …
Recollection and Experience
Plato's Theory of Learning and its Successors
Häftad, 2007
732 kr
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Questions about learning and discovery have fascinated philosophers from Plato onwards. Does the mind bring innate resources of its own to the process of learning or does it rely wholly upon experience? Plato was the first philosopher to give an innatist response to this question and in doing so …
Plato's Meno
Häftad, 2009
654 kr
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Given its brevity, Plato's Meno covers an astonishingly wide array of topics: politics, education, virtue, definition, philosophical method, mathematics, the nature and acquisition of knowledge and immortality. Its treatment of these, though profound, is tantalisingly short, leaving the reader with …
Recollection and Experience
Plato's Theory of Learning and its Successors
Inbunden, 1995
1628 kr
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Questions about learning and discovery have fascinated philosophers from Plato onwards. Does the mind bring innate resources of its own to the process of learning or does it rely wholly upon experience? Plato was the first philosopher to give an innatist response to this question and in doing so …
Plato's Meno
Av Dominic Scott, Dominic Scott m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1985 kr
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Given its brevity, Plato's Meno covers an astonishingly wide array of topics: politics, education, virtue, definition, philosophical method, mathematics, the nature and acquisition of knowledge and immortality. Its treatment of these, though profound, is tantalisingly short, leaving the reader with …
Contemplation and Civic Happiness in Plato and Aristotle
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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This Element concerns the civic value of contemplation in Plato and Aristotle: how does intellectual contemplation contribute to the happiness of the ideal state? The texts discussed include the Republic, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Politics, works in which contemplation is viewed from a …
Contemplation and Civic Happiness in Plato and Aristotle
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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This Element concerns the civic value of contemplation in Plato and Aristotle: how does intellectual contemplation contribute to the happiness of the ideal state? The texts discussed include the Republic, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Politics, works in which contemplation is viewed from a …
Leo Tolstoy and Platonic Inspiration
Häftad, 2026
308 kr
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Leo Tolstoy had a deep and long-lasting interest in Plato. This study looks at the way some particularly well-known Platonic themes can be found in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The themes in question include the journey between the mundane and the eternal (most famously represented in the …
