Isocrates

Author : Isocrates,David C. Mirhady,Yun Lee Too
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0292799012

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Isocrates I by Isocrates,David C. Mirhady,Yun Lee Too Pdf

This is the fourth volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece series. Planned for publication over several years, the series will present all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C. in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume contains works from the early, middle, and late career of the Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338). Among the translated works are his legal speeches, pedagogical essays, and his lengthy autobiographical defense, Antidosis. In them, he seeks to distinguish himself and his work, which he characterizes as "philosophy," from that of the sophists and other intellectuals such as Plato. Isocrates' identity as a teacher was an important mode of political activity, through which he sought to instruct his students, foreign rulers, and his fellow Athenians. He was a controversial figure who championed a role for the written word in fourth-century politics and thought.

Author : Takis Poulakos,David Depew
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292758827

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Isocrates and Civic Education by Takis Poulakos,David Depew Pdf

Civic virtue and the type of education that produces publicly minded citizens became a topic of debate in American political discourse of the 1980s, as it once was among the intelligentsia of Classical Athens. Conservatives such as former National Endowment for the Humanities chairman William Bennett and his successor Lynn Cheney held up the Greek philosopher Aristotle as the model of a public-spirited, virtue-centered civic educator. But according to the contributors in this volume, a truer model, both in his own time and for ours, is Isocrates, one of the preeminent intellectual figures in Greece during the fourth century B.C. In this volume, ten leading scholars of Classics, rhetoric, and philosophy offer a pathfinding interdisciplinary study of Isocrates as a civic educator. Their essays are grouped into sections that investigate Isocrates' program in civic education in general (J. Ober, T. Poulakos) and in comparison to the Sophists (J. Poulakos, E. Haskins), Plato (D. Konstan, K. Morgan), Aristotle (D. Depew, E. Garver), and contemporary views about civic education (R. Hariman, M. Leff). The contributors show that Isocrates' rhetorical innovations carved out a deliberative process that attached moral choices to political questions and addressed ethical concerns as they could be realized concretely. His notions of civic education thus created perspectives that, unlike the elitism of Aristotle, could be used to strengthen democracy.

Author : Ekaterina V. Haskins
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Logos (Philosophy)
ISBN : 1570035261

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Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle by Ekaterina V. Haskins Pdf

Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle presents Isocrates' vision of discourse as a worthy rival, rather than a mere precursor, of Aristotle's Rhetoric. It argues that much of what Aristotle said about the status of rhetoric and the role of discourse may have been a reaction to Isocrates.

Author : Yun Lee Too
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 052147406X

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The Rhetoric of Identity in Isocrates by Yun Lee Too Pdf

The rhetoric of identity in Isocrates offers a sustained interpretation of the Isocratean corpus, showing that rhetoric is a language which the author uses to create a political identity for himself in fourth-century Athens. Dr Too examines how Isocrates' discourse addresses anxieties surrounding the written word in a democratic culture which values the spoken word as the privileged means of political expression. Isocrates makes written culture the basis for a revisionary Athenian politics and of a rhetoric of Athenian hegemony. In addition, Isocrates takes issue with the popular image of the professional teacher in the age of the sophist, combating the negative stereotype of the greedy sophist who corrupts the city's youth in his portrait of himself as a teacher of rhetoric. He daringly reinterprets the pedagogue as a figure who produces a discourse which articulates political authority. This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to ancient rhetoric and should appeal to people with interests in the fields of classics, history, the history of political thought, literature, literary theory, philosophy and education. All passages in Greek and Latin have been translated to ensure accessibility to non-classicists.

Author : James R. Muir
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031009716

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Isocrates by James R. Muir Pdf

Isocrates is one of the most remarkable and influential figures in the history of human thought. The influence of his ideas in the history of historical writing, rhetoric, the visual arts, music, religion and theology, political science, philosophy and, above all, educational philosophy and practice in Europe, Australia, North America, North Africa, and the Middle East are well established and widely known. This book argues careful study of the educational philosophy of Isocrates and its legacy can contribute to an improved understanding of the historiography of educational thought, his distinctive normative methodology in both political and educational philosophy, and his arguments about the primary importance of the virtues of self-knowledge and realistic self-appraisal for educational philosophers and practitioners. At a time when educational philosophy has an increasingly precarious academic existence and educationists are actively seeking new historiographical and methodological approaches to the philosophical study of education, there is much to be gained by recovering and reevaluating the historiography and normative methodology of Isocrates and the role they play in educational discourse and practice today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292756557

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Isocrates I by Anonim Pdf

This is the fourth volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece series. Planned for publication over several years, the series will present all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C. in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume contains works from the early, middle, and late career of the Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338). Among the translated works are his legal speeches, pedagogical essays, and his lengthy autobiographical defense, Antidosis. In them, he seeks to distinguish himself and his work, which he characterizes as "philosophy," from that of the sophists and other intellectuals such as Plato. Isocrates' identity as a teacher was an important mode of political activity, through which he sought to instruct his students, foreign rulers, and his fellow Athenians. He was a controversial figure who championed a role for the written word in fourth-century politics and thought.

Author : Isocrates
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292702462

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Isocrates II by Isocrates Pdf

This is the seventh volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. The Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338) was one of the leading intellectual figures of the fourth century. This volume contains his orations 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, and 14, as well as all of his letters. These are Isocrates' political works. Three of the discourses—Panathenaicus, On the Peace, and the most famous, Panegyricus—focus on Athens, Isocrates' home. Archidamus is written in the voice of the Spartan prince to his assembly, and Plataicus is in the voice of a citizen of Plataea asking Athens for aid, while in To Philip, Isocrates himself calls on Philip of Macedon to lead a unified Greece against Persia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292774148

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Isocrates II by Anonim Pdf

This is the seventh volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. The Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338) was one of the leading intellectual figures of the fourth century. This volume contains his orations 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, and 14, as well as all of his letters. These are Isocrates' political works. Three of the discourses—Panathenaicus, On the Peace, and the most famous, Panegyricus—focus on Athens, Isocrates' home. Archidamus is written in the voice of the Spartan prince to his assembly, and Plataicus is in the voice of a citizen of Plataea asking Athens for aid, while in To Philip, Isocrates himself calls on Philip of Macedon to lead a unified Greece against Persia.

Author : Jon D. Mikalson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477325544

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The Essential Isocrates by Jon D. Mikalson Pdf

The Essential Isocrates is a comprehensive introduction to Isocrates, one of ancient Greece’s foremost orators. Jon D. Mikalson presents Isocrates largely in his own words, with original English translations of selections of his writings on his life and times and on morality, religion, philosophy, rhetoric, education, political theory, and Greek and Athenian history. In Mikalson’s treatment, Isocrates receives his due not only as a major thinker but as one whose work has resonated across time, influencing even modern education practices and theory. Isocrates wrote extensively about Athens in the fourth century BCE and before, and his speeches, letters, and essays provide a trove of insights concerning the intellectual, political, and social currents of his time. Mikalson details what we know about Isocrates’s long, eventful, and complicated life, and much can be gleaned on the personal level from his own writings, as Isocrates was one of the most introspective authors of the Classical Period. By collecting the most representative and important passages of Isocrates’s writings, arranging them topically, and placing them in historical context, The Essential Isocrates invites general and expert readers alike to engage with one of antiquity’s most compelling men of ideas.

Author : Isocrates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNR:CR100811652

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Ad demonicum et Panegyricus Isocrates by Isocrates Pdf

Author : Niall Livingstone
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004121439

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A Commentary on Isocrates' Busiris by Niall Livingstone Pdf

The first commentary on Isocrates "Busiris" explores the work s contribution to rhetorical theory, its parody of Plato s "Republic," and its strategies in advertising Isocratean political rhetoric as a middle way between sophistic education and the abstruse studies of Plato s Academy.

Author : James R. Muir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351730730

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The Legacy of Isocrates and a Platonic Alternative by James R. Muir Pdf

Bringing together the history of educational philosophy, political philosophy, and rhetoric, this book examines the influence of the philosopher Isocrates on educational thought and the history of education. Unifying philosophical and historical arguments, Muir discusses the role of Isocrates in raising two central questions: What is the value of education? By what methods ought the value of education to be determined? Tracing the historical influence of Isocrates’ ideas of the nature and value of education from Antiquity to the modern era, Muir questions normative assumptions about the foundations of education and considers the future status of education as an academic discipline.

Author : Jon D. Mikalson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1477325522

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The Essential Isocrates by Jon D. Mikalson Pdf

New translations of the writings of Isocrates, one of ancient Greece?s foremost orators, illustrating his views on life, morality, and history.

Author : Yun Lee Too,Isocrates
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780199238071

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A Commentary on Isocrates' Antidosis by Yun Lee Too,Isocrates Pdf

Crucial to the question of self-characterization is how one can present a sympathetic persona through rhetoric, spoken or written, when rhetorical performance itself has derogatory connotations as a result of association with the professional speechmakers of classical Greece, the sophists."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433082033626

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica by Anonim Pdf