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Plato's Academy - Its Workings and its History (Hardcover)
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Plato's Academy - Its Workings and its History (Hardcover)
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The Academy was a philosophical school established by Plato that
safeguarded the continuity and the evolution of Platonism over a
period of about 300 years. Its contribution to the development of
Hellenistic philosophical and scientific thinking was decisive, but
it also had a major impact on the formation of most of the other
philosophical trends emerging during this period. This volume
surveys the evidence for the historical and social setting in which
the Academy operated, as well as the various shifts in the
philosophical outlook of Platonism during its existence. Its
contribution to the evolution of special sciences such as
mathematics is also examined. The book further includes the first
complete annotated translation in English of Philodemus' History of
the Academy, preserved on a papyrus from Herculaneum. It thus
offers a comprehensive picture of one of the most prominent and
influential of all educational institutions in ancient Greece.
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