Plato to-day / / R. H. S. Crossman
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| Autore: |
Crossman R. H. S (Richard Howard Stafford), <1907-1974.>
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| Titolo: |
Plato to-day / / R. H. S. Crossman
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Plato to-day |
| 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.: | 9910815357103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Routledge library editions. . -Plato.