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The Legacy of Isocrates and a Platonic Alternative Political Philosophy and the Value of Education

306 Pages

by Routledge

306 Pages

by Routledge

306 Pages

by Routledge

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Bringing together the history of educational philosophy, political philosophy, and rhetoric, this book examines the influence of the philosopher Isocrates on educational thought and the history of education. Unifying philosophical and historical arguments, Muir discusses the role of Isocrates in raising two central questions: What is the value of education? By what methods ought the value of... Read more

Introduction

Part 1: Isocrates’ Idea of the Nature and Value of Education

Chapter 1: Isocrates and the history of education: educationists vs. everyone else

Chapter 2: The Isocratic Idea of the Nature and Value of Education

Part 2: The Historical Transmission and Evolution of the Isocratic Idea of Education

Ch. 3: The Isocratic Idea: Rome to the Early Middle Ages

Ch. 4: The Isocratic Idea in the Middle Ages

Ch. 5: The Isocratic Idea in Renaissance Humanism

Ch. 6: Education and Modern Political Philosophy

Part 3: Critique of the Isocratic Idea and Outline of the Parmenidean-Platonic Alternative

Ch. 7: The Inadequacy of the Isocratic Idea and DCD Method

Ch. 8: the Parmenidean-Platonic Alternative I: Normative Method and Education