Plato / Robin Barrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrow, Robin, author.

Series:

Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 9.

Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Education, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft. Plato is indisputably a major thinker in education. Robin Barrow's volume offers the most coherent account of Plato's educational thought. This work is divided into: Intellectual biography Critical exposition of Plato's work The reception and influence of Plato's work and The relevance of the work today."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Intellectual biography

Critical exposition of the thinker's work

The reception and influence of the work

The relevance of the work today

Bibliography (including references to electronic resources)

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-194) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781441115096

1441115099

9781472541499

1472541499

9781472504852

1472504852

9781441136046

1441136045

OCLC:

895073206