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Arguing with Socrates

Author : Christopher Warne
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1623562546
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Arguing with Socrates written by Christopher Warne and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from the Symposium to the Apology, this is a concise but authoritative guide to the most important and widely studied of Plato's Socratic dialogues. Taking each of the major dialogues in turn, Arguing with Socrates encourages students to engage directly with the questions that Socrates raises and with their relevance to 21st century life. Along the way, the book draws on Socrates' thought to explore such questions as: • What is virtue and can it be taught? • Should we obey the law if we don't agree with it? • Do brave people feel fear? • Can we find truth in poetry? Arguing with Socrates also includes an extensive introduction, providing an overview of the key themes of the dialogues, their political and cultural context and Socrates' philosophical method. Guides to further reading are also provided to help students take their studies further, making this an essential one-volume reference for anyone studying these foundational philosophical works.

Pandora’s Hope

Author : Bruno Latour
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674653351
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Pandora’s Hope written by Bruno Latour and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientist friend asked Bruno Latour point-blank: “Do you believe in reality?” Taken aback by this strange query, Latour offers his meticulous response in Pandora’s Hope. It is a remarkable argument for understanding the reality of science in practical terms. In this book, Latour, identified by Richard Rorty as the new “bête noire of the science worshipers,” gives us his most philosophically informed book since Science in Action. Through case studies of scientists in the Amazon analyzing soil and in Pasteur’s lab studying the fermentation of lactic acid, he shows us the myriad steps by which events in the material world are transformed into items of scientific knowledge. Through many examples in the world of technology, we see how the material and human worlds come together and are reciprocally transformed in this process. Why, Latour asks, did the idea of an independent reality, free of human interaction, emerge in the first place? His answer to this question, harking back to the debates between Might and Right narrated by Plato, points to the real stakes in the so-called science wars: the perplexed submission of ordinary people before the warring forces of claimants to the ultimate truth.

Bronx Socrates

Author : Steven M. Cahn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Bronx Socrates written by Steven M. Cahn and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic life regularly honors leading scholars but rarely recognizes those who have excelled in undergraduate teaching. This volume salutes Professor of Philosophy Robert H. Gurland, a paragon in the classroom, who recently retired after having taught over 25,000 students, primarily at New York University but also for a couple of years at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His impact on generations was immeasurable. Even in classes of over 200 he knew the names of all his students and something about each; over many decades he taught virtually the entire philosophy curriculum; and every semester he personally graded, with numerous detailed comments, the hundreds of papers submitted. In one student’s words, echoed by numerous others, “Over the course of my education I have had many professors but only one teacher.”

FAITH, HOPE AND DETERMINATION

Author : DANIEL J. THERON M.A.,Th./Ph.D
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1491831057
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book FAITH, HOPE AND DETERMINATION written by DANIEL J. THERON M.A.,Th./Ph.D and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will greatly benefit reading this book's forerunner SO MUCH WATER SO LITTLE WOOD for they play in contrasting milieus of maladministration and usually well administered milieus of the financial and other worlds. The American Association of Universty Professors deserves praise for its penetrating light on that book's milieu benefitting employees and other educational institutions for future years. Professions have their unique vocabulary and idioms of wisdom as does the investment business. Its truth will be summarized. Business flourished for me. Ruth and I could vacation and travel - a more pleasant life. Sorrow struck. Ruth had developed small brain aneurysms and died within four days. Two and a half years later I married Janice Seybolt Morton, a widow with two young daughters. Life went on. And Princeton Seminary? Purposely locked in a forget corner. Then my phone rang. The same student who wanted a copy of my prayer decades ago, now Seminary Archivist, looked for my file, but it was forever assigned to trash. "I still have your prayer," he said. He came for three days, asking questions and recording my answers. He unlocked the corner. I had portraits of five deceased, outstanding former colleagues at Princeton painted for the Seminary, and eventually established endowments for scholarships and distribution of Bibles in South Africa, together with liberal contributions for a new library. Graciously the Seminary dedicated a lecture room in the new library for me on October 22, 2013. This book fulfills my dream of tribute to several of my friends at Pretoria University dedicating their lives to the Kingdom of God. They are all long gone now, one fifty years ago in 2013, but to all applies the inscription on Johannes Petrus Potgieter's grave stone at his mission station Rivoni: "THOU THEY WERE DEAD, YET SHALL THEY LIVE."

The Socratic Movement

Author : Paul A. Vander Waerdt
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801499036
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Socratic Movement written by Paul A. Vander Waerdt and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14 essays which examine the efforts of Socrates' associates to preserve his speeches for posterity. The papers place particular emphasis on the non-Platonic tradition.

This is Ancient Philosophy

Author : Kirk Fitzpatrick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111987940X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book This is Ancient Philosophy written by Kirk Fitzpatrick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A readable and engaging overview of all three periods in ancient philosophy This is Ancient Philosophy is an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the major philosophers and foundational concepts of classical antiquity. A readable and engaging overview of all three periods in ancient philosophy, from the early (Presocratic) Greeks, to the Golden Age of philosophy, and the Hellenistic period, This is Ancient Philosophy discusses key questions and issues that are relevant to the present day. Assuming no prior knowledge in the subject, This Is Ancient Philosophy uses an intuitive, easy-to-understand narrative style as it examines the ideas, influences, and interconnections of philosophers such as Socrates, the Sophists, Plato, and Aristotle, as well as philosophical schools of thought including Cynicism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism. Divided into three parts, the book opens with an overview of early Greek philosophy, describing the turn from mythological thinking to philosophical analysis. The second part focuses on the distinctions between the subjects of philosophy in both the Golden Age and today, followed by a survey of the Hellenistic period and a discussion of the relation between fate and freedom of action. Presents a unique combined approach to ancient philosophy, offering both chapters on authors and chapters on themes Helps readers gain an understanding of the origins, development, and influence of ancient philosophy Features a wealth of instructive and engaging charts, grids, and figures throughout Includes a detailed map illustrating the chronological development of philosophy, from Asia Minor to southern Italy and Athens Part of the popular This Is Philosophy series, This Is Ancient Philosophy is an excellent text for students of philosophy, both introductory and advanced, and general readers with interest in the philosophy of the classical era.

Socrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato

Author : Sandra Peterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139497979
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Socrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato written by Sandra Peterson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Plato's Apology, Socrates says he spent his life examining and questioning people on how best to live, while avowing that he himself knows nothing important. Elsewhere, however, for example in Plato's Republic, Plato's Socrates presents radical and grandiose theses. In this book Sandra Peterson offers a hypothesis which explains the puzzle of Socrates' two contrasting manners. She argues that the apparently confident doctrinal Socrates is in fact conducting the first step of an examination: by eliciting his interlocutors' reactions, his apparently doctrinal lectures reveal what his interlocutors believe is the best way to live. She tests her hypothesis by close reading of passages in the Theaetetus, Republic and Phaedo. Her provocative conclusion, that there is a single Socrates whose conception and practice of philosophy remain the same throughout the dialogues, will be of interest to a wide range of readers in ancient philosophy and classics.

Early Socratic Dialogues

Author : Emlyn-Jones Chris
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141914076
Total Pages : 757 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Early Socratic Dialogues written by Emlyn-Jones Chris and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues provide a definitive portrait of the real Socrates and raise issues still keenly debated by philosophers, forming an incisive overview of Plato's philosophy.

The Hope of Israel

Author : Brandon D. Crowe
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493422146
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Hope of Israel written by Brandon D. Crowe and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume highlights the sustained focus in Acts on the resurrection of Christ, bringing clarity to the theology of Acts and its purpose. Brandon Crowe explores the historical, theological, and canonical implications of Jesus's resurrection in early Christianity and helps readers more clearly understand the purpose of Acts in the context of the New Testament canon. He also shows how the resurrection is the fulfillment of the Old Testament Scriptures. This is the first major book-length study on the theological significance of Jesus's resurrection in Acts.

When a Gesture Was Expected

Author : Alan L. Boegehold
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691252521
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book When a Gesture Was Expected written by Alan L. Boegehold and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boldly innovative study of nonverbal communication in the poetry and prose of Hellenic antiquity When a Gesture Was Expected encourages a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. All these works anticipated performing readers, and, as a result, they included prompts, places where a gesture could complete a sentence or amplify or comment on the written words. In this radical and highly accessible book, Alan Boegehold urges all readers to supplement the traditional avenues of classical philology with an awareness of the uses of nonverbal communication in Hellenic antiquity. This additional resource helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. It also imparts a living breath to these immortal texts. Where part of a work appears to be missing, or the syntax is irregular, or the words seem contradictory or perverse—without evidence of copyists' errors or physical damage—an ancient author may have been assuming that a performing reader would make the necessary clarifying gesture. Boegehold offers analyses of many such instances in selected passages ranging from Homer to Aeschylus to Plato. He also presents a review of sources of information about such gestures in antiquity as well as thirty illustrations, some documenting millennia-long continuities in nonverbal communication.

The Thinking Self

Author : Laurence L. Cassidy
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761807933
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Thinking Self written by Laurence L. Cassidy and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1997 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the principal characteristics of contemporary inquiry is the rediscovery of human consciousness. This book attempts to develop that experience and continue the insight of the legendary Hermes Trismegistos that 'thought is God the Father.' The author invites the reader to attend to his own act of thinking. This exercise in thinking passes beyond itself into a form of mysticism, but the effort remains to present this as strictly philosophical and thus to anticipate, treat fairly, and respond adequately to some of the more obvious difficulties which such a position entails. The intention is to dialogue, to reason together, to bring some light to bear, and to help restore our human confidence in the most precious power that we possess -- our own minds.

Plato: The Apology of Socrates and Xenophon: The Apology of Socrates

Author : Plato
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108587976
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Plato: The Apology of Socrates and Xenophon: The Apology of Socrates written by Plato and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 399 BC Socrates was prosecuted, convicted, sentenced to death and executed. These events were the culmination of a long philosophical career, a career in which, without writing a word, he established himself as the figure whom all philosophers of the next few generations wished to follow. The Apologies (or Defence Speeches) by Plato and Xenophon are rival accounts of how, at his trial, Socrates defended himself and his philosophy. This edition brings together both Apologies within a single volume. The commentary answers literary, linguistic and philosophical questions in a way that is suitable for readers of all levels, helping teachers and students engage more closely with the Greek texts. The introduction examines Socrates himself, the literature generated by his trial, Athenian legal procedures, his guilt or innocence of the crimes for which he was executed, and the rivalry between Xenophon and Plato.

College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone

Author : Michael Bruce
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444341448
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone written by Michael Bruce and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with insight and humor, College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone investigates a broad array of philosophical issues relating to student sex. Examines the ethical issues of dating, cheating, courtship, homosexual experimentation, and drug and alcohol use Considers student-teacher relationships, sexual experimentation, the meaning of sex in a college setting and includes two essays based on influential research projects on ‘friends with benefits’ Many of the authors teach classes that explore the philosophy of love and sex, and most are scholars from the Society of the Philosophy of Sex and Love

Badiou and Plato

Author : A.J Bartlett
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748688854
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Badiou and Plato written by A.J Bartlett and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help you to understand Badiou's central concepts, the philosophical relation between Badiou and Plato and will rethink the importance of Badiou's 'Platonic' claim that 'the only education is an education by truths'.

History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1939-1980

Author : Lucy Shoe Meritt
Publisher : ASCSA
ISBN 13 : 9780876619421
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1939-1980 written by Lucy Shoe Meritt and published by ASCSA. This book was released on 1984 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of the second 50 years in the life of the American School (originally founded in 1881). Conceived as a companion volume to Louis Lord's 1947 history of the first half century, the text outlines the activities of the School both in Greece and in the United States, beginning with an absorbing account of the affairs of the School during World War II and continuing through the Centennial in 1981, with chapters on the Summer Session, the School's excavations, its publications, and the Gennadeion. The extensive appendixes include lists of all the Trustees, Cooperating Institutions, members of the Managing Committee, staff, fellows, and members of the School since its inception in 1881, and add greatly to the usefulness of this volume. The author's first-hand knowledge of the people and events of the period discussed contributes materially to its depth and detail.

Free Spirit

Author : Thomas W. Gross
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978808348
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Free Spirit written by Thomas W. Gross and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Brunswick, New Jersey, stands as a memorial to one of Rutgers University’s most influential leaders. Gross started teaching at Rutgers as an assistant professor of philosophy in 1946, but quickly rose through the ranks to become the university’s provost in 1949 and finally its president from 1959 to 1971. He led the university through an era when it experienced both some of its greatest growth and most intense controversies. Free Spirit explores how Gross helped reshape Rutgers from a sleepy college into a world-renowned public research university. It also reveals how he steered the university through the tumult of the Red Scare, civil rights era, and the Vietnam War by taking principled stands in favor of both racial equality and academic freedom. This biography tells the story of how, from an early age, Gross came to believe in the importance of doing what was right, even when the backlash took a toll on his own health. Written by his youngest son Thomas, this book offers a uniquely well-rounded portrait of Gross as both a public figure and a private person. Covering everything from his service in World War II to his stints as a game-show personality, Free Spirit introduces the reader to a remarkable academic leader.

Responsible Pedagogy

Author : Eric Detweiler
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027109379X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Responsible Pedagogy written by Eric Detweiler and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, public higher education has faced perpetual crises. As states slash investment in postsecondary education and for-profit entities seek to supplant public colleges and universities, these public institutions have tried to compete by maximizing efficiency, namely, by downplaying and outsourcing the labor of teachers. Responsible Pedagogy makes a fresh case for the importance and value of public higher education and the work of teaching. In making this case, Eric Detweiler surveys the history of rhetoric and writing in postsecondary education, looking in particular at the teacher-student relationship. He finds that from the Socratic method to medieval exercises, from MOOCs to remote, asynchronous learning, the balance of authority and agency in the classroom is often precarious. But the problem goes deeper. Underlying both authority and agency is the value of mastery, which the teacher is to impart to the student. It is this emphasis on mastery, Detweiler argues, that distorts the proper relation between the student and teacher, a relationship in which they are responsible for and vulnerable to each other. Drawing on contemporary ethics, rhetorical theory, and critiques of practices in the online classroom, Detweiler develops a pedagogy of responsibility and shows how it can be applied in writing and communication curricula, assignments, and teacher-student interactions. Rehabilitating the proper role of the teacher, Responsible Pedagogy calls into question our newfound trust in educational technology and points the way to a better, more effective pedagogy.