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Spectacles of truth in classical Greek philosophy : = theoria in its cultural context /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Spectacles of truth in classical Greek philosophy :/ Andrea Wilson Nightingale.
Reminder of title:	theoria in its cultural context /
Author:	Nightingale, Andrea Wilson,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 311 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Philosophy, Ancient. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482564
ISBN:	9780511482564 (ebook)

Spectacles of truth in classical Greek philosophy : = theoria in its cultural context /
Nightingale, Andrea Wilson,

Spectacles of truth in classical Greek philosophy :theoria in its cultural context /Andrea Wilson Nightingale. - 1 online resource (x, 311 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction : theorizing the ancient theorists -- Theoria as a cultural practice -- Inventing philosophic theoria -- The fable of philosophy in Plato's Republic -- Theorizing the beautiful body : from Plato to Philip of Opus -- "Useless" knowledge : Aristotle's rethinking of theoria -- Epilogue : "broken knowledge"? : theoria and wonder.

In fourth-century Greece (BCE), the debate over the nature of philosophy generated a novel claim: that the highest form of wisdom is theoria, the rational 'vision' of metaphysical truths (the 'spectator theory of knowledge'). This 2004 book offers an original analysis of the construction of 'theoretical' philosophy in fourth-century Greece. In the effort to conceptualise and legitimise theoretical philosophy, the philosophers turned to a venerable cultural practice: theoria (state pilgrimage). In this practice, an individual journeyed abroad as an official witness of sacralized spectacles. This book examines the philosophic appropriation and transformation of theoria, and analyses the competing conceptions of theoretical wisdom in fourth-century philosophy. By tracing the link between traditional and philosophic theoria, this book locates the creation of theoretical philosophy in its historical context, analysing theoria as a cultural and an intellectual practice. It develops a new, interdisciplinary approach, drawing on philosophy, history and literary studies.

ISBN: 9780511482564 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

555238
Philosophy, Ancient.

LC Class. No.: B187.T7 / N54 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 184

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