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Review Of Studies In The Reception Of Plato (Ashgate, 2011), Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Review Of Studies In The Reception Of Plato (Ashgate, 2011), Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Book review in the International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 6 (2012) 247-9, by Jay Bregman
Studies On The Reception Of Plato, Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Studies On The Reception Of Plato, Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Kyriakos N. Demetriou
This collection of essays focuses on the reception of Plato and Greek political thought in the work of some major (pre)Victorian classical scholars and expands on a remarkable range of hotly debated issues on the interpretation of Greek antiquity. The central figure in this volume is the radical philosopher, utilitarian, and Platonist George Grote, whose works on the history of Greece and Plato moved away from traditional models of classical interpretation. His works and their background are critically explored in light of his philosophical commitment and political radicalism. Article IV brings to light a forgotten manuscript by Grote, "On the …