书名: The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics
作者: Debra Nails (Author)
出版社: Hackett Publishing Company (November 2002)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0872205649
ISBN-13: 978-0872205642
Book Description
The People of Plato is the first study since 1823 devoted exclusively to the identification of, and relationships among, the individuals represented in the complete Platonic corpus. It provides details of their lives, and it enables one to consider the persons of Plato’s works, and those of other Socratics, within a nexus of important political, social, and familial relationships.
Debra Nails makes a broad spectrum of scholarship accessible to the non-specialist. She distinguishes what can be stated confidently from what remains controversial and—with full references to ancient and contemporary sources—advances our knowledge of the men and women of the Socratic milieu.
Bringing the results of modern epigraphical and papyrological research to bear on long-standing questions, The People of Plato is a fascinating resource and valuable research tool for the field of ancient Greek philosophy and for literary, political, and historical studies more generally.
In discrete sections, Nails discusses systems of Athenian affiliation, significant historical episodes that link lives and careers of the late fifth century, and their implications for the dramatic dates of the dialogues. The volume includes a rich array of maps, stemmata, and diagrams, plus a glossary, chronology, plan of the agora in 399 B.C.E., bibliography, and indices.
Review
"A treasure-house of vital information, exhaustively and meticulously researched, presented with clarity and verve." -- John M. Cooper, Princeton University
"A unique scholarly resource, brimming with information practically inaccessible elsewhere." -- Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
"This beautifully-produced and engagingly-written book will be around as long as Plato is read." -- C. D. C. Reeve, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
About the Author
Debra Nails is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University.
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作者: Debra Nails (Author)
出版社: Hackett Publishing Company (November 2002)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0872205649
ISBN-13: 978-0872205642
Book Description
The People of Plato is the first study since 1823 devoted exclusively to the identification of, and relationships among, the individuals represented in the complete Platonic corpus. It provides details of their lives, and it enables one to consider the persons of Plato’s works, and those of other Socratics, within a nexus of important political, social, and familial relationships.
Debra Nails makes a broad spectrum of scholarship accessible to the non-specialist. She distinguishes what can be stated confidently from what remains controversial and—with full references to ancient and contemporary sources—advances our knowledge of the men and women of the Socratic milieu.
Bringing the results of modern epigraphical and papyrological research to bear on long-standing questions, The People of Plato is a fascinating resource and valuable research tool for the field of ancient Greek philosophy and for literary, political, and historical studies more generally.
In discrete sections, Nails discusses systems of Athenian affiliation, significant historical episodes that link lives and careers of the late fifth century, and their implications for the dramatic dates of the dialogues. The volume includes a rich array of maps, stemmata, and diagrams, plus a glossary, chronology, plan of the agora in 399 B.C.E., bibliography, and indices.
Review
"A treasure-house of vital information, exhaustively and meticulously researched, presented with clarity and verve." -- John M. Cooper, Princeton University
"A unique scholarly resource, brimming with information practically inaccessible elsewhere." -- Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
"This beautifully-produced and engagingly-written book will be around as long as Plato is read." -- C. D. C. Reeve, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
About the Author
Debra Nails is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University.
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