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Aristotle / Alexander Moseley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moseley, Alexander, 1943- author.
- Series:
- Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 21.
- Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle.
- Education--Philosophy.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- 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 ; 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613207746
- 9781472518910
- 1472518918
- 9781472541338
- 1472541332
- 9781283207744
- 1283207745
- 9781441191991
- 1441191992
- OCLC:
- 741691425
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