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"Aristotle is undisputedly a major thinker in education. Alexander Mosley's volume offers the most coherent account of Aristotle's educational thought. This work is divided into: 1) Intellectual Bi...
"Aristotle is undisputedly a major thinker in education. Alexander Mosley's volume offers the most coherent account of Aristotle's educational thought. This work is divided into: 1) Intellectual Bibliography 2) Critical exposition of Aristotle's work 3) The reception and influence of Aristotle's work 4) The relevance of the work today."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Details
- Creator
- Alexander Moseley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London ; New York : Continuum, 2010
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1472518918, 1472541332, 1283207745, 9786613207746, 1441191992, 1472518926, 1847061036
- OCLC
- ocn741691425, ocn893335732, on1197076352
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also issued in print.
- English
- Series Editor's Preface ; Foreword ; Abbreviations -- Part 1: Intellectual Biography. Aristotle's heritage ; Macedonia ; Archaic educational influences ; Hellenic childhood ; Sex and gender ; The Pre-Socratics ; Sophists ; Plato ; Plato's Academy ; Plato's Death ; Aristotle at the Macedonian Court ; The Lyceum -- Part 2: Critical Exposition of Aristotle's Work. Introduction ; Metaphysics ; Learning and the philosophy of change ; Ousia - or what does not change ; Teleology ; Sensation and Perception ; Memory, imagination, and experience ; Nous and psyche ; Thinking ; Forms of Wisdom ; Art ; Practical wisdom ; Philosophical wisdom ; The wise man ; The active and philosophical life ; Akrasia - moral weakness ; Education in the Polis ; The healthy body ; Birth and sex ; Public health ; The young child's education ; From seven to fourteen ; Music ; Education - the later years -- Part 3: The Reception and Influence of Aristotle's Work. THE ANCIENT WORLD: The Lyceum/Peripatos ; The Rise of Rome and it's Hellenization ; The Broader Hellenic World ; Byzantine & the East -- THE MIDDLE AGES: Christianity and Aristotle ; Aristotle in the Universities -- Part 4: The Relevance of Aristotle's Work Today. The Modern State and Aristotelian education ; Reductionism and materialism ; The Philosophical Legacy Today -- Works Cited -- Index