Isbn: 9781616145750 - the greek search for wisdom (10 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said that all of Western philosophy was 'but a series of footnotes to Plato.' By the same token, one could argue that all of Western civilization is but an extension of the ancient Greek cultural legacy. The Greeks invented tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, history, philosophy, and democracy. They also made remarkable advances in science, medicine, and mathematics. In the author's view, what ties this wide-ranging intellectual ferment together is a restless search for wisdom.The author looks at ten outstanding examples of Greek wisdom, offering fresh and engaging portraits of the epic poets (Homer, Hesiod); dramatists (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes); historians (Herodotus, Thucydides); and philosophers (Plato, Aristotle) against the background of Greek history. In each case he asks what the author has to tell us- regardless of genre-about our place in the world and how we should live our lives. By surveying some of the highest peaks of ancient civilization, the author argues that we gain perspective on the historical terrain that lies below. This book presents an eloquent and convincing case that a study of the Greek classics, as Gustave Flaubert explained, makes us 'greater, wiser, purer.'.…

Zustand: Sehr gut. 341 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Allover very good and clean. - The philosopher Alfred North White-head once said that all of Western philosophy was but a series of footnotes to Plato. By the same token, one could argue that all of Western civilization is but an extension of the ancient Greek cultural legacy. The Greeks invented tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, history, philosophy, and democracy. They also made remarkable advances in science, medicine, and mathematics. In Michael K. Kelloggs view, what ties this wide-ranging intellectual ferment together is a restless search for wisdom. Kellogg looks at ten outstanding examples of Greek wisdom, offering fresh and engaging portraits of the epic poets (Homer, Hesiod); dramatists (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes); historians (Herodotus, Thucydides); and philosophers (Plato, Aristotle) against the background of Greek history. In each case he asks what the author has to tell us regardless of genreabout our place in the world and how we should live our lives. By surveying some of the highest peaks of ancient civilization, Kellogg argues that we gain perspective on the historical terrain that lies below. Kellogg presents an eloquent and convincing case that a study of the Greek classics, as Gustave Flaubert explained, makes us greater, wiser, purer. - MICHAEL K. KELLOGG is the author of Three Questions We Never Stop Asking. Educated at Stanford and Oxford in philosophy and at Harvard Law School, he is a founding and managing partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC. ISBN 9781616145750 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 608 Original hardcover with dust jacket.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorBy Michael K. KelloggKlappentextrnrnThe philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said that all of Western philosophy was but a series of footnotes to Plato. By the same token, one could argue that .