Fite warner 1867 1955 (3 Ergebnisse)

, Fite, Warner, 1867-1955. The examined life. An adventure in moral philosophy. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1957, 276pp. 21 cm, sewn PAPERBACK, very good. cover design by Bill English. First published in 1925.

Fite, Warner, 1867-1955. The Platonic Legend. New York, London: Charles Scribner's sons, 1934, A edition, viii, 331pp., very good dust-jacket but with small tear at top of spine, cover price $2.50, very good. There has grown up around Plato, Professor Fite points out, a sort of legend, and in the course of time this legend has completely obscured and altered the actual views and teachings of the great Greek philosopher. The author maintains, for instance, and makes it very clear, that Plato's sympathies were all with the aristocracy, that he was no believer in equal opportunity, that his conception of love was not concerned with the relation of man and woman - that, in fact, his real views are in many cases the exact opposite of those which he is commonly thought to have held. Professor Fite, Stuart Professor of Ethics at Princeton University and widely known for his lectures and writings in the field of ethics and philosophy, is a recognized authority, so that this really revolutionary work would seem to call for a complete reappraisal of our ideas about Plato and what he taught. The book is addressed to the general reader. It is, in a word, a popular presentation of Plato's life, times and teachings, seen in an entirely new light. The chapters on Plato's political and economic views, for instance, will come as something of a shock to those liberals who have been quoting him. - CONTENTS: The divine figure -- The ideal city and the open career -- Platonic morals and the modern sentiment -- Platonic true liberty -- Socrates the martyr -- Democratic Athens -- The aristorcratic republic -- Platonic love -- The metric method -- The scientific prepossession -- The mathematical mind -- The "consummate artist" -- Moralist and man.…

, Fite, Warner, 1867-1955. Individualism. Four lectures on the significance of consciousness for social relations. New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911, xix, 301pp., very good blue cloth, light wear, a few minor pencil erasures, red cloth bookmark ribbon has left light stains on one page, previous owner's name stamp and blind stamp. 1909 lectures at the University of Chicago. - CONTENTS: The conception of the individual.--The individual as a conscious agent.--Individuality and social unity.--Individual rights and the social problem. …