Paideia, the ideals of Greek culture. V.III

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York, Oxford University Press [c1945]Edition: 2d edDescription: vSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Paideia, the ideals of Greek culture.DDC classification:
  • 370.938
LOC classification:
  • DF77 .J274
Contents:
v.1. Archaic Greece. The mind of Athens. Trans. from 2d German ed.-v.2. In search of the devine centre. Trans. from the German manuscript.-v.3. The conflict of cultural ideals in the age of plato. Trans. from the German manuscript.
Summary: 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."
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v.1. Archaic Greece. The mind of Athens. Trans. from 2d German ed.-v.2. In search of the devine centre. Trans. from the German manuscript.-v.3. The conflict of cultural ideals in the age of plato. Trans. from the German manuscript.

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."

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