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Why Plato Wrote - 9781444334487

Un libro in lingua di Allen Danielle S. edito da Blackwell Pub, 2010

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Allen (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey) makes a cogent case for Plato and other Greek philosophers still being relevant to understanding the processes by which intellectuals' ideas help shape a community's values. Arguing that Plato was the world's first systematic political philosopher and an activist as well, she traces how his ideas on linguistic power and cognition from the Republic dialogues acted as agents of change in Athenian political discourse. Appended material treats the relationship between paradigms and his "Forms," cognitive and motivational conflicts in the soul per the Republic, and the frequency of particular ("miso-") compounds in classical Greek literature. The volume is based on lectures given at the University of Bristol in 2008. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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