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Books and ideas : the library of Plato and the academy / K. Sp. Staikos, translated by Nikos Koutras, edited by Alexandra Doumas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Staikos, K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plato--Library.
- Plato.
- Libraries--Greece--History--To 400.
- Libraries.
- History.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll, 2013.
- Contents:
- An 'Apology' to the Reader
- The History of the Academy
- The role of the "reader"
- The books underlying Plato's Dialogues
- Presocratic philosophy in the Library of the Academy
- Books on mathematics in the Academy
- Plato's evaluation of written and oral discourse
- Plato's personal library and its fate
- The publishing procedure and "Academic" publications
- The architecture of the library
- Patrons in Plato's circle
- From Plato to Cicero.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography (pages 239-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1584563249
- 9781584563242
- OCLC:
- 861773861
- Publisher Number:
- 99957870926
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