Plato and the founding of the Academy : based on a letter from Plato, newly discovered / John Bremer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bremer, John, 1927-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Platonists.

Plato. Republic.

Physical Description:

vii, 230 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2002]

Contents:

The First Instance 1

The Second Instance 7

The Third Instance 16

Plato's Letter 25

Postscript to Plato's Letter 91

Notes and Commentary on Plato's Letter 93

An Analysis of Plato's Polity into 240 Equal Units 181

Fig.1 Title-page of Stephanus' Plato 5

Fig.2 Map of Greek World 21

Fig.3 Table of tones 56

Fig.4 The Divided Line and the Cave 62

Fig.5 Lineal Image of the Polity 84

Fig.6 The Family of Plato 97

Fig.7 The Family of Dionysius I 125

Fig.8 An Athenian Waterclock 143

Fig.9 The True Hellenic Mode 149

Fig.10 Table of Syllable/Line numbers 168

Fig.11 The Cosmos of Er 176.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0761824359

OCLC:

50684547