The Theoretic Life - A Classical Ideal and Its Modern Fate: Reflections on the Liberal Arts

by Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul

Acknowledgements.- About the Author.- Table of Figures.- Part I - The Emergence of the Theoretic Life in Classical Greek Philosophy.- Chapter 1. The New Barbarism: The Contest between Classical Humanist Culture and Techno-Economic Pragmatism.- Chapter 2. In Pursuit of the Noble: The Classical Birth of the Liberal Arts.- Chapter 3: The Political and the Theoretic Life - the Challenge of Socrates.- Chapter 4. Aristotelian Teleology: The Bridge Between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030022803
• ISBN13: 9783030022808
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"