Plato's Academy: Its Workings and its History

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Its Workings and its History

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Edited by Paul Kalligas, University of Athens, Greece, Chloe Balla, University of Crete, Effie Baziotopoulou-Valavani, Vassilis Karasmanis

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: April 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781108554664
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108554664

Subjects:: Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

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The Academy was a philosophical school established by Plato that safeguarded the continuity and the evolution of Platonism over a period of about 300 years. Its contribution to the development of Hellenistic philosophical and scientific thinking was decisive, but it also had a major impact on the formation of most of the other philosophical trends emerging during this period. This volume surveys the evidence for the historical and social setting in which the Academy operated, as well as the various shifts in the philosophical outlook of Platonism during its existence. Its contribution to the evolution of special sciences such as mathematics is also examined. The book further includes the first complete annotated translation in English of Philodemus' History of the Academy, preserved on a papyrus from Herculaneum. It thus offers a comprehensive picture of one of the most prominent and influential of all educational institutions in ancient Greece.

‘This extraordinary book … provides a treasure trove of fascinating information about, arguably, the most influential school of higher learning in Western history. The bibliography is excellent … Highly recommended.’

P. A. Streveler Source: Choice

‘… the volume demonstrates that our understanding of ancient philosophical schools stands to gain from a better awareness of the complexities of their topography and intellectual context.’

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Its Workings and its History

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Illustrations
pp vii-viii

List of Contributors
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-10

2 - In the Shadow of Athena Polias: The Divinities of the Academy, the Training of Politai and Death in Service to Athens
pp 11-27

3 - Observations on the Topography of Ancient Academia
pp 28-45

4 - The Gymnasium of the Academy and the School of Plato
pp 46-64

5 - The Academy in Athenian Politics and Society – Between Disintegration and Integration: The First Eighty Years (387/6–306/5)
pp 65-88

6 - Plato in the Academy: Some Cautious Reflections
pp 89-107

7 - Plato and the Mathematics of the Academy
pp 108-140

8 - Euclid of Alexandria: A Child of the Academy?
pp 141-152

9 - The Study of Natural Kinds in the Early Academy
pp 153-166

10 - Approaches to the Pythagorean Acusmata in the Early Academy
pp 167-187

11 - Polemo, grosser Schatten of the Old Academy
pp 188-199

12 - One Academy? The Transition from Polemo and Crates to Arcesilaus
pp 200-219

13 - Carneades’ Theological Arguments
pp 220-241

14 - The End of the Academy
pp 242-255

15 - The Academy Through Epicurean Eyes: Some Lives of Academic Philosophers in Philodemus’ Syntaxis
pp 256-275

Appendix - Philodemus’ History of the Philosophers: Plato and the Academy (PHerc. 1021 and 164)
pp 276-383

Bibliography
pp 384-419

Index
pp 420-434

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