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Parthenon and Liberal Education

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvGeoff Lehman,Michael Weinman

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Discusses the importance of the early history of Greek mathematics to education and civic life through a study of the Parthenon and dialogues of Plato.The Parthenon and Liberal Education seeks to restore the study of mathematics to its original place of prominence in the liberal arts. To build this case, Geoff Lehman and Michael Weinman turn to Philolaus, a near contemporary of Socrates. The authors demonstrate the influence of his work involving number theory, astronomy, and harmonics on Plato's Republic and Timaeus, and outline its resonance with the program of study in the early Academy and with the architecture of the Parthenon. Lehman and Weinman argue that the Parthenon can be seen as the foremost embodiment of the practical working through of mathematical knowledge in its time, serving as a mediator between the early reception of Ancient Near-Eastern mathematical ideas and their integration into Greek thought as a form of liberal education, as the latter came to be defined by Plato and his followers. With its Doric architecture characterized by symmetria (commensurability) and harmonia (harmony; joining together), concepts explored contemporaneously by Philolaus, the Parthenon engages dialectical thought in ways that are of enduring relevance for the project of liberal education.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-01-02
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt363 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Antal sidor268
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438468426

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Thinking the Parthenon and Liberal Arts Education TogetherPart I. Plato on Dialectic and the Problem-Based Study of Mathematics1. Dialectic and the Mathematical Arts in Republic (9.587b–588a): Philolaus’s Scale and the Final Bout between the Just and Unjust Souls2. Dialectic and the Mathematical Arts in Timaeus (35b–36c): Philolaus’s Scale in the Construction of the World-Soul3. Platonic Dialectic, Pythagorean Harmonics, and Liberal Arts EducationPart II. Harmonia and Symmetria of the Parthenon4. The Parthenon and the Musical Scale5. The Corner Problem 6. Refinements and the Question of DialecticAfterword Appendix APythagorean Musical RatiosAppendix BPrincipal Measurements of the ParthenonAppendix CElements of the Doric OrderAppendix DGround Plan of the ParthenonAppendix EGlossary of Technical TermsNotes Works Cited Index

"This synthesis of the architecture of the Parthenon, Plato, and Greek mathematical thought in the fifth century BC is one of the most comprehensive available in English." — Vassilis Petrakis, External Research Collaborator, National Hellenic Research Foundation"This book adds substantially to the field of studies on ancient Greek architecture, as viewed through the lens of Greek philosophy and education. It contains chapters that are intellectually the most exciting and innovative that I have read on the Parthenon in a long time." — Robert Hannah, author of Time in Antiquity

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