Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Waterfield, Robin (1952-....). Auteur du texte  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Plato of Athens [Texte imprimé] : a life in philosophy / Robin Waterfield

Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University press, 2023

Description matérielle : 1 volume (xxxix-255 pages) : illustrations, cartes ; 24 cm

Note(s) : Bibliographie pages [231]-245. Notes bibliographiques. Index"Plato of Athens is the first-ever biography of the world-famous philosopher. Born into a well-to-do family, he grew up in the increasing gloom of wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. Alongside a normal Athenian education, in his teens he honed his intellect by attending lectures by the many thinkers who passed through Athens, and toyed with the idea of writing poetry. He finally decided to go into politics, but became disillusioned, especially after the Athenians condemned his teacher, Socrates, to death. Instead he turned to writing and teaching. In 383 he founded the Academy, the world's first higher-educational research and teaching establishment, But he also returned after a while to practical politics and spent a considerable amount of time trying to create a constitution for Syracuse in Sicily that would reflect his political ideals. The attempt failed, and Plato's disappointment can be traced in his later political works"

Sujet(s) : Platon (0427?-0348? av. J.-C.) -- Critique et interprétation  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet Philosophes antiques -- Athènes (Grèce)  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Genre ou forme : Biographie  Voir les notices liées en tant que genre ou forme

Indice(s) Dewey :  184 (23e éd.) = Philosophie de Platon  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780197564752. - ISBN 0197564755

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb47156635d

Notice n° :  FRBNF47156635 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Introduction ; The sources ; Growing up in wartime Athens ; The intellectual environment ; From politics to philosophy ; Writing and research in the 390s and 380s ; The Academy ; The Middle Dialogues ; Practicing politics in Syracuse ; Last years.