Plato and Demosthenes - Recovering the Old Academy

In this book, William H. F. Altman turns to Demosthenes—universally regarded as Plato’s student in antiquity—and Plato’s other Athenian students in order to add external and historical evidence for Plato’s original curriculum.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations of Plato's Writings
Chronology
Chapter 1. The End of the Old Academy
Chapter 2. Five Students of Plato
Chapter 3. Plato the Teacher
Chapter 4. Demosthenes
Chapter 5. Suppressions

About the author

William H. F. Altman is an independent scholar.

Product details

• Authors: William H. F. Altman
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2022
• EAN: 9781666920055
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-005-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Political science & theory, Ancient History, Political science and theory, ancient philosophy, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500