This book demonstrates the crucial role played by Homer as a philosophic thinker in the thought of Plato, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche concerning the relation among politics, religion, and philosophy and in their debates concerning human nature, morality, the proper education for human excellence, and the best way of life.
This book demonstrates the crucial role played by Homer as a philosophic thinker in the thought of Plato, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche concerning the relation among politics, religion, and philosophy and in their debates concerning human nature, morality, the proper education for human excellence, and the best way of life.
Peter J. Ahrensdorf is James B. Duke Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Classics at Davidson College. The author of five books, he has received fellowships from the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, the Fulbright Commission, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Inhaltsangabe
1. The contest between Homer and Plato and the Homeric education on the gods: from divine to human providence 2. The Homeric education in human excellence: the suffering hero and the enigmatic singer 3. Plato's critique of the Homeric education 4. Machiavelli and Homer on education and human excellence 5. Nietzsche on the contest between Homer and Plato Conclusion.
1. The contest between Homer and Plato and the Homeric education on the gods: from divine to human providence 2. The Homeric education in human excellence: the suffering hero and the enigmatic singer 3. Plato's critique of the Homeric education 4. Machiavelli and Homer on education and human excellence 5. Nietzsche on the contest between Homer and Plato Conclusion.
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