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Autore: Crossman R. H. S (Richard Howard Stafford), <1907-1974.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Plato to-day / / R.H.S. Crossman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 184
321.07
Soggetto topico: State, The
Democracy
Fascism
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: PLATO TO-DAY; Copyright; PLATO TO-DAY; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Plato and the Modern World; 2. The Historical Background; 3. Socrates; 4. Plato; 5. Plato Looks at British Democracy; 6. Plato Looks at British Education; 7. Plato Looks at the Family; 8. Plato Looks at Communism; 9. Plato Looks at Fascism; 10. Why Plato Failed; 11. The Modern Plato Once More; 12. Epilogue; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Plato was born around 2,500 years ago. He lived in a small city-state in Greece and busied himself with the problems of his fellow Greeks, a people living in scattered cities around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. In all he tried to do for the Greeks he failed. Why, then, should people in the modern world bother to read what he had to say? Does it make sense to go to a Greek thinker for advice on the problems of an age so different from his own? To anyone who has questioned the relevance of Plato to the modern world Richard Crossman's lively book provides a brilliant reply. The problem
Altri titoli varianti: Plato today
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ISBN: 1-136-23616-3
0-203-10161-8
1-283-84215-7
1-136-23617-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786597003321
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