Pedagogic Mission - An Engagement With Ancient Greek Philosophical Practices

Informationen zum Autor Elly Pirocacos is adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy at the American College of Greece. Klappentext This book focuses on philosophical questions about the nature and scope of educational practices, methods, and epistemological issues regarding the acquisition of the understanding of the truth about "how things are" and the relevance of the sociopolitical context. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on philosophical questions about the nature and scope of educational practices, methods, and epistemological issues regarding the acquisition of the understanding of the truth about “how things are” and the relevance of the sociopolitical context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: Heraclitus: The Mentor-Progressivist Education Chapter Two: Parmenides: The Hero-Ontological EducationChapter Three: Socrates: A Man of Many Faces-An Elusive PedagogueChapter Four: Plato-Communal Education Politicized

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• Authors: Elly Pirocacos, Pirocacos Elly
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2015
• EAN: 9780739126530
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2653-0
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ethics & moral philosophy, Translation & interpretation, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Translation and interpretation