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  • Plato and Demosthenes
    William H. F. Altman
    In this book, William H. F. Altman turns to Demosthenes—universally regarded as Plato’s student in antiquity—and Plato’s other Athenian students in order to add external and historical evidence for Plato’s original curriculum. ...
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    51,15 €

  • The Relay Race of Virtue
    William H. F. Altman
    Demonstrates that Plato and Xenophon ought to be regarded less as rivals and more as engaged in a dialogue advancing a common goal of preserving the Socratic legacy.The ancient view that Plato and Xenophon were rivals at least had the merit of allowing them to respond to each other; in modern times, the view that Plato wrote first eliminates the possibility of an exchange betwe...
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    49,37 €

  • Guardians in Action
    William H. F. Altman / William HFAltman / xxWilliam H. F. Altmanxx
    In this book, William H. F. Altman considers the pedagogical connections behind the post-Republic dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus in the context of their Reading Order. ...
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    66,93 €

  • Revival of Platonism in Cicero’s Late Philosophy
    William Altman / William H. F. Altman / William HFAltman / xxWilliam H. F. Altmanxx
    This book argues that Cicero deserves to be spoken of with more respect and to be studied with greater care. Using Plato’s influence on Cicero’s life and writings as a clue, Altman reveals the ineffable combination of qualities that enabled Cicero not only to revive Platonism, but also to rival Plato himself. ...
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    67,63 €

  • Martin Heidegger and the First World War
    William H. F. Altman / William HFAltman / xxWilliam H. F. Altmanxx
    In a new approach to a vexing problem in modern philosophy, William H. F. Altman shows that Heidegger’s decision to join the Nazis in 1933 can only be understood in the context of his complicated relationship with the Great War. ...
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    70,29 €

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
    William H. F. Altman / William HFAltman / xxWilliam H. F. Altmanxx
    By subjecting Nietzsche to a Platonic critique, author William H. F. Altman punctures his “pose of untimeliness” while making use of Nietzsche’s own aphoristic style of presentation. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche—named for a Prussian King—is thereby revealed to be the representative philosopher of the Second Reich. ...
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    88,76 €

  • Plato the Teacher
    William H. F. Altman / William HFAltman / xxWilliam H. F. Altmanxx
    The pedagogical technique of the playful Plato, especially his ability to create living discourses that directly address the student, is the subject of Plato the Teacher. “The crisis of the Republic” refers to the decisive moment in his central dialogue when philosopher-readers realize that Plato’s is challenging them to choose justice by going back down into the dangerous Cave...
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    98,21 €

  • German Stranger
    William H. F. Altman / William HFAltman / xxWilliam H. F. Altmanxx
    The German Stranger provides a guide to Leo Strauss that situates his thought in the context of National Socialism; by destroying any middle ground between ’Athens’ and ’Jerusalem,’ Strauss undermined modernity’s secular bulwark against political theology. Once National Socialism is understood as an atheistic religion re-enacted by post-Revelation ’philosophers,’ the German ava...
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    116,40 €