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Author : Jacques Brunschwig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1087656532
Author : Pierre Pellegrin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 067402155X
Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In this volume drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world.
Author : Jacques Brunschwig,Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd,Pierre Pellegrin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 067400261X
In more than 60 essays by an international team of scholars, this volume explores the full breadth and reach of Greek thought, investigating what the Greeks knew as well as what they thought they knew, and what they believed, invented, and understood about the possibilities of knowing. 65 color illustrations. Maps.
Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 1590185668
The ancient Greeks laid the foundations for modern philosophy and science. This fascinating volume first explains how early Greek thinkers searched for the underlying principles of nature and then chronicles their achievements in astronomy, atomic theory, mathematics, biology, botany, medicine, geography, mechanics, and ethics.
Author : George Lillie Craik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Education
ISBN : OXFORD:400208162
Author : Mary Gow
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766031195
Follows the life and teachings of the philosopher Plato, one of the world's greatest thinkers, who in his writings taught us to question what we think we know.
Author : Dezhi Tong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811315749
This book starts with four aspects - subject’s cognition, way of thinking, political value and ideology, conducts comparative studies on political culture. Amid using the concept of political culture in western academic circles, it makes comprehensive supplement for this concept, and put forward an updated concept of political culture which is more localized. This new concept, on the grounds of the comparison with political system, takes political culture as the subjective side of political system and incorporates ideology into political culture, thus undoubtedly enriching our knowledge of political culture. On the basis of clarifying the concept of political culture and establishing the comparative dimension of it, this book widely refers to the outlooks of individuals, nations, society and power of political cognition; the modes of objectives, directions and methods of political ideas; democratic awareness, legal concept and system selection of political value; as well as liberalism and republicanism, etc. All these bring substantial benefits to promoting and deepening the comparative studies on political culture. This book can not only be used for the teaching undergraduate and graduates who major in Politics, but also used as the reference book for politics academic research.
Author : George Lillie Craik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Biography
ISBN : BSB:BSB10434832
Author : K. Ramakrishna Rao
Publisher : DK Printworld (P) Ltd
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9788124609798
Two centuries of British rule crystallized in the minds of English educated Indians a peculiar mindset that tended to undervalue their native ethos and moorings, and make English culture more attractive. This tendency is called the “colonial syndrome”. This syndrome has infected the modern Indian elite, who abandon their cultural roots and imitating the Western ways. This situation has drained them off their intrinsic creative capabilities and rendered them less likely to make any significant original contributions to nation building. Two centuries of British rule crystallized in the minds of English educated Indians a peculiar mindset that tended to undervalue their native ethos and moorings, and make English culture more attractive. This tendency is called the “colonial syndrome”. This syndrome has infected the modern Indian elite, who abandon their cultural roots and imitating the Western ways. This situation has drained them off their intrinsic creative capabilities and rendered them less likely to make any significant original contributions to nation building. This book, an outcome of Prof. K. Ramakrishna Rao’s work as a National Fellow of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), attempts to define and elucidate this syndrome and its ill effects on the modern Indian mindset, and suggests means to contain and overcome it. It alerts people and the leadership about the negative and cascading effects of colonial syndrome, and pleads for Indianization of education, philosophy and psychology, among others in the country. Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of svadeśī is the driving force here. It has no negative attributes, only positive self-assertion for common good. Colonial Syndrome goes on to analyses Gandhi’s concept of svadeśī, and attempts to make clear the difference between education in India and Indian education, Indian philosophy and philosophy in India, and psychology in India and Indian psychology and emphasizes that India had its own unique standing on education, philosophy and psychology which needs to be revived and nurtured for fast social and economic development. About the Author: Professor Koneru Ramakrishna Rao is currently Chancellor of GITAM (deemed to be) University. He has the rare distinction of being National Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Sciences Research and the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, and Distinguished Honorary Professor at Andhra University. His earlier academic appointments include Professor of Psychology and Vice-Chancellor at Andhra University; Executive Director, Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man, USA; Chairman, A.P. State Council of Higher Education, and Advisor on Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He published 25 plus books and nearly 300 research papers. Prof. Rao received numerous honours that include the national award Padma Shri from the President of India and Honorary Doctoral degrees from Andhra, Acharya Nagarjuna and Kakatiya universities. He was elected as the President of the US-based Parapsychological Association three times, the only Asian to be so honoured.
Author : Linshan Qin
Publisher : Bouden House
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798857704691
Contemporary Chinese churches show an extreme privatization tendency, advocating that religion is a private affair and has nothing to do with politics. So Christians are only about the salvation of their own personal souls, and they do not care about all public affairs. In order to escape the harsh reality, not hesitate to distort the true principle of separation of church and state, and even frequently bring out the words of Jesus "God belongs to God and Caesar belongs to Caesar" to prove that religion must draw a clear line with politics, and do not interfere with each other. On the other hand, it is also wrong for the church as a religious organization directly gets involved in the elections or gives the churchgoers pressure to vote for the church's favored candidate. The church is not supposed to be a tool for politicians' elections but for the spiritual salvation of the people, including churchgoers or not churchgoers, regardless of their political attitudes. Although the Bible can interpret a variety of different theological themes, political theology, peace theology, human rights theology, liberation theology, women's theology, ecological theology, etc., it will always be for the liberation of the victims, the oppressed and the criticism of the murderer of suffering! For the righteousness of the oppressed and suffering people is the most indispensable part of Christians' love for their neighbors and eventually for society as a whole! Is the only evidence of a Christian's love for God.
Author : Bowhay, Vincent
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799877462
American higher education has served to prepare students to be active participants in a democratic society. During a time of great civil upheaval following the tumultuous elections of 2016 and 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and mass demonstrations following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, higher education may be the only institution left to be both responsible for and responsive to society at large. Public trust in the federal government is at near-record lows, but confidence in higher education has decreased more than any other U.S. institution since 2015. In a time where public opinion is quickly changing for the better or the worse, higher education must respond to this decline in trust in it as an institution, but also the decline in the belief that a college degree is worth the time and cost. Higher education was founded on the idea that colleges would prepare citizens for a life of public service, but they have quickly changed to a business model that largely puts profits over people. Practitioners of higher education must respond to this lack of trust and the pressures of preparing a 21st century workforce while battling the threats of a pandemic, declining enrollment, budget destabilization, and increased regulation. The Proper Role of Higher Education in a Democratic Society reexamines the purpose of higher education during rapidly changing times, offers practical advice and best practices to reclaim higher education’s most fundamental mission, and argues that if higher education is called to prepare students to serve a government by the people, the people must be prepared to govern effectively. This book provides resources and suggestions for restoring the public faith in higher education by connecting the educational experience with civic engagement outcomes. Diverse perspectives presented in this book challenge traditional notions that civic engagement is handled by one office on a college campus and is only discussed during a presidential election. Covering everything from civic engagement to diversity perspectives, this book is ideal for higher education practitioners and those interested in promoting civic engagement and democratic participation, improving assessment or accreditation standards using a civic engagement perspective, and infusing civic engagement to diversity conversations on campus.
Author : Edward Blaquière
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Greece
ISBN : WISC:89095906632
Author : Mark Zuss
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400721173
The desire for knowledge is an abiding facet of human experience and cultural development. This work documents curiosity as a sociohistorical force initiating research across the disciplines. Projects generated by theoretical curiosity are presented as historical and material practices emerging as expressions of embodied knowledge and experience. The shifting cultural, philosophical and practical relations between theory and curiosity are situated within classical, medieval, early modern and contemporary communities of practice. The Practice of Theoretical Curiosity advocates for a critical, aesthetic engagement in everyday life. Its purpose is to examine the pedagogical grounds and questions that motivate research programs in the sciences, education, technoculture and post-war social movements. Theoretical curiosity continually resists disciplinary limits. It is a core, embodied process uniting human pursuits of knowledge and power. This inquiry into inquiry itself offers an appreciation of the vital continuity between the senses, perception, and affect and concept development. It is informed by a critical reading of phenomenology as the embodied practice of researchers. This study sponsors a deepening of theory in practice and the practice of theoretical exploration. As a contribution to pedagogical practice, it offers a historical critique of the usually unquestioned philosophical, political and ethical grounds for educational, scientific and social research. The Practice of Theoretical Curiosity profiles significant alliances and persona as agents for the pursuit of novel and often controversial research, adventures and discovery. It claims that the place of technology and the technical is the primary channel for contemporary inquiry. The technosciences of genomics, artificial life and astrobiology are considered as contemporary extensions of a perennial desire to pursue and resist the limits of existing knowledge and representation.
Author : Edith Hamilton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0393081869
Edith Hamilton buoyantly captures the spirit and achievements of the Greek civilization for our modern world. In The Greek Way, Edith Hamilton captures with "Homeric power and simplicity" (New York Times) the spirit of the golden age of Greece in the fifth century BC, the time of its highest achievements. She explores the Greek aesthetics of sculpture and writing and the lack of ornamentation in both. She examines the works of Homer, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, and Euripides, among others; the philosophy of Socrates and Plato’s role in preserving it; the historical accounts by Herodotus and Thucydides on the Greek wars with Persia and Sparta and by Xenophon on civilized living.
Author : Valeria Cinaglia
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004282827
In Aristotle and Menander on the Ethics of Understanding, Valeria Cinaglia offers a parallel study of Menander’s New Comedy and Aristotle’s philosophy focusing on subjects ranging from epistemology and psychology to ethics. Cinaglia does not aim to demonstrate the direct philosophical influence of Aristotle on Menander, but explores the hypothesis that there are significant analogies between the two that disclose a shared thought-world. Cinaglia shows that Aristotle and Menander offer analogous views of the way that perceptions and emotional responses to situations are linked with the presence or absence of ethical and cognitive understanding, or the state of ethical character development: the study of these analogies contributes to a deeper understanding of both frameworks involved.