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The Essence of Greek Education since Antiquity: Plato, Photios the Great and Nicodemos the Athonite

The Essence of Greek Education since Antiquity: Plato, Photios the Great and Nicodemos the Athonite

Kepreotes, Dimitri

Hardcover

Series: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought, Book 21

Ancient GreeceGeneral Education

ISBN10: 1463244533
ISBN13: 9781463244538
Publisher: Gorgias Pr Llc
Published: Jun 30 2022
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book attempts to answer the question: what are the essential features of Greek education? In so doing, it explores the extent to which the educational ideals and practices of paideia have displayed continuity from classical Athens until modern times. The views of Plato, Photios the Great (9th century) and Nicodemos the Athonite (18th century) are examined in particular, revealing significant stages of development. The book offers a presentation of what paideia holds up to be its own goal on its own terms. The proponents of the paideia tradition sought an answer to the age-old question, 'What constitutes the human person?' The response to that enigma determined everything else. Education took shape accordingly and led to a lifelong process of harmonising the respective functions of the soul and body. On account of its value on both a personal and communal level, paideia is of paramount significance for Plato and other exponents, such as Nicodemos. Their individual legacies stand like bookends on either side of some 22 centuries of Greek educationthat are appraised within these pages.

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