Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy : Theoria in its Cultural Context.

By: Nightingale, Andrea WilsonMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (323 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780511211393Subject(s): Philosophy, AncientGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy : Theoria in its Cultural ContextDDC classification: 180 LOC classification: B187.T7 N54 2004Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- THEORIZING THE ANCIENT THEORISTS -- THEORIA IN ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT -- THE CREATION OF THE PHILOSOPHIC THEORIST -- FOURTH-CENTURY "REVISIONINGS" OF THE EARLY GREEK THINKERS -- ARISTOTLE'S "HISTORY" OF PHILOSOPHY -- SOPHIA IN THE SIXTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES BCE -- CHAPTER 1 Theoria as a cultural practice -- THEORIA AT RELIGIOUS SANCTUARIES -- CIVIC AND PRIVATE THEORIA -- THEOROS VS. THEATES -- ELITES AS CIVIC REPRESENTATIVES -- ATHENIAN FESTIVALS AND THE THEORIC GAZE -- THE POLITICS OF PANHELLENISM -- THEORIA IN SEARCH OF WISDOM -- FROM TRADITIONAL TO PHILOSOPHIC THEORIA -- CHAPTER 2 Inventing philosophic theoria -- CIVIC THEORIA IN THE REPUBLIC -- PRIVATE THEORIA IN THE SYMPOSIUM AND PHAEDRUS -- CHAPTER 3 The fable of philosophy in Plato's Republic -- THE IDEAL VS. THE HUMAN PHILOSOPHER -- DISTANCE AND DETACHMENT -- THE BLINDNESS OF THE PHILOSOPHER -- APORIA AND ATOPIA -- PHILOSOPHIC SIGHT-SEEING -- HEAT AND LIGHT -- THE RHETORIC OF PHILOSOPHIC "FREEDOM" -- THE PHILOSOPHER VS. THE BANAUSOS -- CONTEMPLATION AND ACTION -- RETURN AND REENTRY -- CHAPTER 4 Theorizing the beautiful body: from Plato to Philip of Opus -- PHAEDO: THEORIA AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH -- PHAEDRUS: THEORIZING THE AGALMATA OF BEAUTY -- TIMAEUS: VISIBLE GODS -- PHILIP OF OPUS' EPINOMIS: THEORIZING THE HEAVENLY BODIES -- CHAPTER 5 "Useless" knowledge: Aristotle's rethinking of theoria -- THE RHETORIC OF "USELESSNESS": PROTREPTICUS -- DETACHMENT AND DISINTEREST -- PHRONESIS AND TECHNE: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS VI -- PHRONESIS AND NOUS: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS VI -- BASIC FEATURES OF NOUS: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS X -- THEORIA VS. PRAXIS: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS X -- THEORIA FOR ITS OWN SAKE: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS X -- THEORIA AND HAPPINESS: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS X -- THE REJECTION OF UTILITY: METAPHYSICS I.2.
THEORIA AND ARISTOCRATIC "FREEDOM" -- THE SCOPE AND OBJECTS OF THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY -- FROM THEORIST TO CULTURAL CRITIC: POLITICS VIII -- TEACHING A TASTE FOR THE "USELESS" -- Epilogue: "Broken knowledge"? Theoria and wonder -- References -- Index of passages cited -- General index.
Summary: This 2004 book examines the invention of 'theoretical philosophy' in fourth-century Greece (BCE).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- THEORIZING THE ANCIENT THEORISTS -- THEORIA IN ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT -- THE CREATION OF THE PHILOSOPHIC THEORIST -- FOURTH-CENTURY "REVISIONINGS" OF THE EARLY GREEK THINKERS -- ARISTOTLE'S "HISTORY" OF PHILOSOPHY -- SOPHIA IN THE SIXTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES BCE -- CHAPTER 1 Theoria as a cultural practice -- THEORIA AT RELIGIOUS SANCTUARIES -- CIVIC AND PRIVATE THEORIA -- THEOROS VS. THEATES -- ELITES AS CIVIC REPRESENTATIVES -- ATHENIAN FESTIVALS AND THE THEORIC GAZE -- THE POLITICS OF PANHELLENISM -- THEORIA IN SEARCH OF WISDOM -- FROM TRADITIONAL TO PHILOSOPHIC THEORIA -- CHAPTER 2 Inventing philosophic theoria -- CIVIC THEORIA IN THE REPUBLIC -- PRIVATE THEORIA IN THE SYMPOSIUM AND PHAEDRUS -- CHAPTER 3 The fable of philosophy in Plato's Republic -- THE IDEAL VS. THE HUMAN PHILOSOPHER -- DISTANCE AND DETACHMENT -- THE BLINDNESS OF THE PHILOSOPHER -- APORIA AND ATOPIA -- PHILOSOPHIC SIGHT-SEEING -- HEAT AND LIGHT -- THE RHETORIC OF PHILOSOPHIC "FREEDOM" -- THE PHILOSOPHER VS. THE BANAUSOS -- CONTEMPLATION AND ACTION -- RETURN AND REENTRY -- CHAPTER 4 Theorizing the beautiful body: from Plato to Philip of Opus -- PHAEDO: THEORIA AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH -- PHAEDRUS: THEORIZING THE AGALMATA OF BEAUTY -- TIMAEUS: VISIBLE GODS -- PHILIP OF OPUS' EPINOMIS: THEORIZING THE HEAVENLY BODIES -- CHAPTER 5 "Useless" knowledge: Aristotle's rethinking of theoria -- THE RHETORIC OF "USELESSNESS": PROTREPTICUS -- DETACHMENT AND DISINTEREST -- PHRONESIS AND TECHNE: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS VI -- PHRONESIS AND NOUS: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS VI -- BASIC FEATURES OF NOUS: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS X -- THEORIA VS. PRAXIS: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS X -- THEORIA FOR ITS OWN SAKE: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS X -- THEORIA AND HAPPINESS: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS X -- THE REJECTION OF UTILITY: METAPHYSICS I.2.

THEORIA AND ARISTOCRATIC "FREEDOM" -- THE SCOPE AND OBJECTS OF THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY -- FROM THEORIST TO CULTURAL CRITIC: POLITICS VIII -- TEACHING A TASTE FOR THE "USELESS" -- Epilogue: "Broken knowledge"? Theoria and wonder -- References -- Index of passages cited -- General index.

This 2004 book examines the invention of 'theoretical philosophy' in fourth-century Greece (BCE).

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