William H. F. Altman
Plato and Demosthenes: Recovering the Old Academy
Plato and Demosthenes: Recovering the Old Academy
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Demosthenes, a student of Plato, returned to the Cave of political life and provided external and historical evidence for the hypothesis that Platos dialogues constituted the Academys original curriculum. Altman rejects the view that Plato was rhetorics enemy and shows how Demosthenes acquired the discipline necessary to become a great orator.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 306 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2024
Publisher: Lexington Books
Plato and Demosthenes: Recovering the Old Academy
In antiquity, Plato was widely regarded as the student of Demosthenes, a renowned orator and patriot. However, it was Demosthenes, not Aristotle, who returned to the political arena and made it possible to recover the Old Academy. In his book, "Plato and Demosthenes: Recovering the Old Academy," William H. F. Altman explores how Demosthenes, along with Phocion, Lycurgus, and Hyperides, provided external and historical evidence for the hypothesis that Plato's dialogues formed the original curriculum of the Academy. Altman challenges the notion that Plato, a master of rhetoric and the proponent of the transcendent and post-eudaemonist Idea of the Good, was an enemy of rhetoric. He demonstrates how Demosthenes acquired the discipline necessary to become a great orator by shouting at the sea and summoning the Athenians to self-sacrifice in defense of their waning freedom. Demosthenes thus proved Socrates' criticism of democracy and the democratic man wrong, just as Plato the Teacher had intended, and continues to challenge us today.
Weight: 376g
Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666920079
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