Name: Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Volume i: Archaic Greece: The Mind of Athens
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Author: Werner Jaeger
ISBN: 9780195004250

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Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Volume i: Archaic Greece: The Mind of Athens

Type

Physical Book

Author

Werner Jaeger

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year

1986

Language

English

Pages

510

Format

Paperback

Weight

1.30

ISBN

9780195004250

ISBN13

9780195004250

Edition No.

Synopsis "Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Volume i: Archaic Greece: The Mind of Athens "

Werner Jaeger's classic three-volume work, originally published in 1939, is now available in paperback. Paideia, the shaping of Greek character through a union of civilization, tradition, literature, and philosophy is the basis for Jaeger's evaluation of Hellenic culture.Volume I describes the foundation, growth, and crisis of Greek culture during the archaic and classical epochs, ending with the collapse of the Athenian empire. The second and third volumes of the work deal with the intellectual history of ancient Greece in the Age of Plato, the 4th century B.C.--the age in which Greece lost everything that is valued in this world--state, power, liberty--but still clung to the concept of paideia. As its last great poet, Menander summarized the primary role of this ideal in Greek culture when he said: "The possession which no one can take away from man is paideia."

Werner Jaeger

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Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) was an influential German philosopher and philologist, recognized for his work in the philosophy of the history of philosophy and ancient Greece. He studied at German universities and specialized in the work of Aristotle, to whom he dedicated much of his career. His most famous work is Aristotle: Founder of Scientific Philosophy, where he deeply analyzes Aristotle's contribution to science and philosophy.

Jaeger was also a prominent scholar, teaching at various institutions, including the University of Berlin, before emigrating to the United States in 1936 due to the Nazi regime. In America, he established himself as a professor at Harvard University, where he continued to develop his research on the Greek philosophical tradition.

Throughout his life, Jaeger promoted the study of classical philosophy, particularly ancient Greek philosophy, and influenced contemporary philosophical thought with his focus on the development of scientific thinking and logic. His legacy endures in studies on Aristotle and the history of ancient philosophy.

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