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Classic and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Education
Steven M Cahn Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0070096198 |
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Intended for philosophy of education courses, this anthology brings together classic writings on education by leading figures in the history of philosophy and notable contributions to the field by a variety of contemporary thinkers. The first section provides material from a sizable collection of classic writers, enabling students to read the original sources for themselves. The second section includes recent materials that reflect diverse approaches such as feminism, critical theory, and multiculturalism.Customer Reviews:
Quick shipping.......2007-02-06
Classic and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Education.......2006-03-18
Dense but informative.......2006-03-09
A Mixture.......2001-01-11
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Protagoras, Philebus, and Gorgias (Great Books in Philosophy)
Plato , and Protagoras Manufacturer: Prometheus Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 3: Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, Protagoras (The Dialogues of Plato)
Plato Manufacturer: Yale University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0300074387 |
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Protagoras and Meno (Penguin Classics)
Plato Manufacturer: Penguin Classics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0140449035 |
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In this new edition, two of Plato's most accessible dialogues explore the question of what exactly makes good people good.Customer Reviews:
protagoras for the short bus crowd.......2007-06-12
Excellent New Translation.......2007-06-02
A stellar translation.......2006-12-21
What Is A Slave? What Is Human?.......2006-03-05
eye-opening.......2003-11-13
I hesitate to quantify my evaluation of the book but since I must, I give it four stars because the dialogue seemed to stray from reason in certain points and turn towards the mystical. For instance, Socrates claims that knowledge is a process of recollecting knowledge from previous lives and thus it is accorded to one by divine dispensation. I think Socrates' method of questioning a person to elicit his beliefs is correct, but I do not think that his beliefs are elicited because they already present in his soul, but rather that they are arrived at through mental deliberation.
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Plato: Laches. Protagoras. Meno. Euthdemus. (Loeb Classical Library No. 165)
Plato Manufacturer: Loeb Classical Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0674991834 |
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Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought.
In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in twelve volumes.
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Another useful volume in an excellent series.......2005-01-10
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"Protagoras" and "Meno": Translated, With Notes and Interpretive Essays (Agora Editions)
Plato Manufacturer: Cornell University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0801488656 |
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This volume contains new translations of two dialogues of Plato, the Protagoras and the Meno, together with explanatory notes and substantial interpretive essays. Robert C. Bartlett's translations are as literal as is compatible with sound English style and take into account important textual variations. Because the interpretive essays both sketch the general outlines of the dialogues and take up specific theoretical or philosophic difficulties, they will be of interest not only to those reading the dialogues for the first time but also to those already familiar with them.
The Protagoras and the Meno are linked by the attention each pays to the idea of virtue: the latter dialogue focuses on the fundamental Socratic question "What is virtue?", the former on the specific virtue of courage, especially in its relation to wisdom. An appendix contains a short extract from Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus that vividly portrays the figure of Meno.
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Best Edition--Highly Recommended.......2004-02-11
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Protagoras (Oxford World's Classics)
Plato Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0192804014 |
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'You are going to entrust your soul to the care of a sophist. But I should be surprised if you even know what a sophist is.' In the fifth century BC professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in public and private life. In this dialogue Plato shows the pretensions of the leading sophist, Protagoras, challenged by the critical arguments of Socrates. From criticism of the educational aims and methods of the sophists the dialogue broadens out to consider the nature of the good life, and the role of pleasure and intellect in the context of that life. The dialogue combines subtlety of argument with intricacy of dramatic construction and brilliant characterization. This translation achieves both precision and colloquial naturalness while the notes and introduction set the arguments in their historical and philosophical context.Customer Reviews:
Ugh.......2003-11-15
That said, the 27 page introduction is quite good and worth reading. It should have been published as a separate essay.
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Protagoras and Logos: A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication)
Edward Schiappa Manufacturer: University of South Carolina Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1570035210 |
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Protagoras and Logos brings together in a meaningful synthesis the contributions and rhetoric of the first and most famous of the Older Sophists, Protagoras of Abdera. Most accounts of Protagoras rely on the somewhat hostile reports of Plato and Aristotle. By focusing on Protagoras's own surviving words, this study corrects many long-standing misinterpretations and presents significant facts: Protagoras was a first-rate philosophical thinker who positively influenced the theories of Plato and Aristotle, and Protagoras pioneered the study of language and was the first theorist of rhetoric. In addition to illustrating valuable methods of translating and reading fifth-century B.C.E. Greek passages, the book marshals evidence for the important philological conclusion that the Greek word translated as rhetoric was a coinage by Plato in the early fourth century.In this second edition, Edward Schiappa reassesses the philosophical and pedagogical contributions of Protagoras. Schiappa argues that traditional accounts of Protagoras are hampered by mistaken assumptions about the Sophists and the teaching of the art of rhetoric in the fifth century. He shows that, contrary to tradition, the so-called Older Sophists investigated and taught the skills of logos, which is closer to modern conceptions of critical reasoning than of persuasive oratory. Schiappa also offers interpretations for each of Protagoras's major surviving fragments and examines Protagoras's contributions to the theory and practice of Greek education, politics, and philosophy. In a new afterword Schiappa addresses historiographical issues that have occupied scholars in rhetorical studies over the past ten years, and throughout the study he provides references to scholarship from the last decade that has refined his views on Protagoras and other Sophists.
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Aspekte einer Logik des Widerspruchs: Studien zur griechischen Sophistik und ihrer Aktualitat (Epistemata)
Georgios Gogos Manufacturer: Konigshausen & Neumann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3826019598 |
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A Day In Athens With Socrates: Translations From The Protagoras And The Republic Of Plato
Plato Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0548297703 |
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.Books:
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