The Advent of Pluralism - Diversity and Conflict in the Age of Sophocles

Klappentext In this study of the relationship between a modern philosophical idea and an ancient historical moment, Lauren Apfel explores how the notion of pluralism, made famous by Isaiah Berlin, features in the Classical Greek world and, more specifically, in the thought of three of its most prominent figures: Protagoras, Herodotus, and Sophocles. Zusammenfassung In this study of the relationship between a modern philosophical idea and an ancient historical moment, Lauren Apfel explores how the notion of pluralism, made famous by Isaiah Berlin, features in the Classical Greek world and, more specifically, in the thought of three of its most prominent figures: Protagoras, Herodotus, and Sophocles. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: pluralism and the Greeks I. Protagoras 2: Pluralism and Protagoras: the plurality of truth 3: Plato's Protagoras: the plurality of value in the sophistic age II. Herodotus 4: Pluralism and history 5: Pluralism in the histories III. Sophocles 6: Pluralism and tragedy 7: Ajax: moral certainty 8: Antigone and Electra: moral conflict 9: Philoctetes: moral complexity

Product details

• Authors: Lauren J Apfel, Lauren J. Apfel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2011
• EAN: 9780199600625
• ISBN: 978-0-19-960062-5
• No. of pages: 380
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Antike, Griechenland, Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism