Infancy, Childhood and Play in Ancient Greek Philosophy (Seminar)
Duration: 1 hour 29 mins
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| Description: | The Seminar from the Gray Lecture Series 2015. Malcolm Schofield discusses "Plato's Puppet |
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| Created: | 2015-06-03 17:01 |
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| Collection: |
Classics@Cambridge
Faculty of Classics Last week's top 10 |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Mr M J Kramer |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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| Explicit content: | No |
| Abstract: | When Greek philosophers wanted to explore the human condition and its prospects, they often approached it via reflection on the new born infant, or again the toys and games of children's play. They found infancy and childhood 'good to think with' - and none of them more so than Plato.
Heraclitus and Hellenistic philosophy will figure prominently in these talks, but above all Plato's late and too little read final dialogue, the Laws. |
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