Books and Ideas. the Library of Plato and the Academy

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-6194-631-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

This examines the papyrus books collected by Plato himself, a habit which began when he was still 'studying' under Socrates and continued throughout his years of teaching in the Academy. The book deals extensively with the works of the Ionian and Eleatic Natural Philosophers, as well as of the Pyhagoreans, which informed the composition of Plato's Dialogues. Furthermore, through this process the fabric of Sophistic literature composed at Athens is unfolded and the pioneers who introduced the study of Mathematics in the Academy are discussed in brief. Finally, a large chapter in the book deals with the architecture of the Academy, including topographical surveys and scale plans which reveal interesting facts about the ideas that went into its design, and the use of its facilities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Staikos, Konstantinos Sp

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Konstantinos Staikos is an Architect and a Book Historian. He has designed libraries for historical foundations, such as of the Monastery of St John the Theologian in Patmos, which dates from the 12th century. He is the author of the Great Libraries and the six volumes series of the History of the Library in Western Civilization.