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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 Bibliography 2) Critical exposition of Aristotle's work 3) The reception and influence of Aristotle's work 4) The relevance of the work today
Table of Contents
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 T
he 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
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 T
he 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
Product details
| Published | Jan 26 2010 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781847061034 |
| Imprint | Continuum |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Continuum Library of Educational Thought |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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