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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I picked this up a very fitting Osher presentation, "The 2024 Presidential Election: Implications for American Democracy and the Rule of Law" by Dr. Adler (they've a de facto little free library), and the ancient Greeks indeed can tell us a thing or two about democracy. My initial thought was "Who the Hell is Isocrates?", but I read page 32 as is my method, and the prose goes along swimmingly. no reviews | add a review
This is the fourth volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece series. Planned for publication over several years, the series will present all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C. in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume contains works from the early, middle, and late career of the Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338). Among the translated works are his legal speeches, pedagogical essays, and his lengthy autobiographical defense, Antidosis. In them, he seeks to distinguish himself and his work, which he characterizes as "philosophy," from that of the sophists and other intellectuals such as Plato. Isocrates' identity as a teacher was an important mode of political activity, through which he sought to instruct his students, foreign rulers, and his fellow Athenians. He was a controversial figure who championed a role for the written word in fourth-century politics and thought. No library descriptions found. |
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