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    Psychagogia in Plato's Phaedrus

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    Cicero vs. Ciceronianism in the Ciceronianus

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    Justice in Thucydides’ Athenian speeches

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    Speakers in Thucydides sometimes dismiss considerations of justice as irrelevant to decision-making in questions of international relations. It is argued that this line of argument is a distinctive characteristic of Thucydides’ Athenian speakers; and evidence from Athenian political oratory in the fourth and (so far as it is recoverable) late fifth centuries suggest that it is unlikely to have been characteristic in reality of Athenian speakers in the late fifth century. This conclusion poses a problem concerning Thucydides’ practice in his speeches to which there is no evident solution

    Pre-Aristotelian Theories of Argument: Isocratean Vocabulary and Practice

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    This essay contributes to our understanding of pre-Aristotelian concepts of argument by examining the works of the Attic rhetorician Isocrates. Isocrates employed a quasi-technical vocabulary and described conditions under which various types of arguments more or less proper. By careful abstraction we can see what he meant by these terms and conditions. Though not an original argument theorist, per se, Isocrates provides us with a window into pre-Aristotelian argumentation

    Society, Politics, and Ideology of Classical Athens

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    Π’ ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π΅ – Π½Π° основании Π°Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·Π° Ρ€Π°Π·Π½ΠΎΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π°Π·Π½Ρ‹Ρ… источников ΠΈ использования послСдних достиТСний историографии – Ρ€Π°ΡΡΠΌΠ°Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡŽΡ‚ΡΡ дискуссионныС ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ±Π»Π΅ΠΌΡ‹ истории Афин V–IV Π²Π². Π΄ΠΎ Π½.э., Π° Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠΏΡƒΡ‚ΡΡ‚Π²ΡƒΡŽΡ‰ΠΈΠ΅ Ρ‚Π΅ΠΌΡ‹. Π’Π·Π°ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠΎΡ‚Π½ΠΎΡˆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ политичСских Π»ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ² ΠΈ Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΠΏ (Π½Π΅ΠΎΡ€Π³Π°Π½ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… массовых сборищ) рассматриваСтся Π² ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π²Ρ‹Ρ… Π΄Π²ΡƒΡ… Ρ€Π°Π·Π΄Π΅Π»Π°Ρ…. Π‘ΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ€ΡˆΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ Ρ€Π°Π·Π½Ρ‹Ρ… (Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… ΠΏΠΎ политичСским взглядам) Π»ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ² классичСских Афин объСдиняла общая Π²ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΡŒ Π² «политичСскиС Ρ€Π°ΠΌΠΊΠΈΒ», Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΡŒ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ‚ΡŒ Β«ΡΠ½Π΅Ρ€Π³ΠΈΡŽ масс» Π² своих цСлях. На основС Π°Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·Π° слов, ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠ·Π½Π°Ρ‡Π°ΡŽΡ‰ΠΈΡ… Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΠΏΡƒ, ΠΈ сообщСний источников ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… дСйствиях Π½Π΅ΠΎΡ€Π³Π°Π½ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… массовых сборищ Π°Π²Ρ‚ΠΎΡ€ Π΄Π΅Π»Π°Π΅Ρ‚ Π²Ρ‹Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΎ Ρ‚ΠΎΠΌ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΠΏΠ° Π² классичСских Афинах Π½Π΅ ΠΈΠ³Ρ€Π°Π»Π° ΠΏΠΎΡ‡Ρ‚ΠΈ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Ρ€ΠΎΠ»ΠΈ Π² политичСской ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ, ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎ использовалась ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ срСдство идСологичСского ΡƒΡΡ‚Ρ€Π°ΡˆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ. Для характСристики ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΈ дСмократичСских Афин ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·ΡƒΠ΅Ρ‚ΡΡ Π½Π΅ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ΄Π°Π½Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ источник: собствСнныС ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½Π°, ΠΊΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹Π΅ Π°Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡ€ΡƒΡŽΡ‚ΡΡ с использованиСм ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ просопографичСских ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ², Ρ‚Π°ΠΊ ΠΈ ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ² ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΠΉ статистики. ΠžΡΠΎΠ±Ρ‹ΠΉ интСрСс прСдставляСт Π°Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ· Β«Π·Π°ΠΊΡ€Ρ‹Ρ‚Ρ‹Ρ…Β» ономастичСских комплСксов, ΠΊΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹ΠΉ позволяСт провСсти ΠΊΠΎΡ€Ρ€Π΅Π»ΡΡ†ΠΈΡŽ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρƒ «дСмократичСскими» ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½Π°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΠΎΡ†ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹ΠΌ статусом афинских Π³Ρ€Π°ΠΆΠ΄Π°Π½. Π’ исслСдовании ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Ρ‹ ΠΎΡ€ΠΈΠ³ΠΈΠ½Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ…ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹, ΠΊΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΡŽΡ‚ ΠΏΠΎ-Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΌΡƒ Π²Π·Π³Π»ΡΠ½ΡƒΡ‚ΡŒ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π½Π° афинскоС общСство V–IV Π²Π². Π΄ΠΎ Π½.э., Ρ‚Π°ΠΊ ΠΈ Π½Π° Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ±Π»Π΅ΠΌΡ‹ истории Π°Π½Ρ‚ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΈΡ€Π°. In the book debatable problems of Athenian history in 5th-4th centuries B.C. and concomitant issues are examined on the basis of various sources analysis and usage of recent advances in historiography. Interrelations between political leaders and crowds (unorganized mass gatherings) are considered in the two first parts. In terms of analysis of words designating crowds and sources information on probable actions of unorganized mass gatherings, the author concludes that the crowd in classical Athens almost did not influence politics but was used as a tool of ideological frightening. For description of democratic Athens ideology, proper names are analyzed with use of both prosopographical and descriptive statistics methods. In the paper original approaches are utilized; they make it possible to look in a new way at both Athenian society in 5th-4th centuries B.C. and other issues in ancient world history

    Lysias, Isocrates and the Trierarchs of Aegospotami

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    Isocr. 18 could have hired Isocrates, and the speaker of Lys. 21 and Eryximachus could have hired Lysias as speechwriters for their rhetorical skills. However, it is probable that Isocrates’ choice to criticize the former colleagues of Isocr. 18 in his speech could have led the other two trierarchs to ask for Lysias’ help. This fact highlightsΒ the tensions between the elite when Athens was defeated in the PeloponnesianΒ War. This antagonism between the trierarchs could be the beginning of the logographicΒ competition between Lysias and Isocrates

    Quintilian’s Curriculum

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    Protrepticus

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    A new translation and edition of Aristotle's Protrepticus (with critical comments on the fragments) Welcome The Protrepticus was an early work of Aristotle, written while he was still a member of Plato's Academy, but it soon became one of the most famous works in the whole history of philosophy. Unfortunately it was not directly copied in the middle ages and so did not survive in its own manuscript tradition. But substantial fragments of it have been preserved in several works by Iamblichus of Chalcis, a third century A.D. neo-Pythagorean philosopher and educator. On the basis of a close study of Iamblichus' extensive use and excerption of Aristotle's Protrepticus, it is possible to reconstruct the backbone of the lost work, and then to flesh it out with the other surviving reports about the work from antiquity (for example in Alexander of Aphrodisias and other ancient commentators on Aristotle). It is also possible to identify several papyrus fragments of the work, and many references and literary allusions in later authors, especially Cicero, whose own lost dialogue Hortensius was a defense of philosophy modeleld on Aristotle's

    The contribution of isocrates to western educational thought.

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    The main theme of the thesis is that Isocrates, although somewhat neglected, is one of the most important figures in the early history of Western Education, He is, in particular, largely responsible for the fact that it has been predominately literary, His role in the conversion of rhetoric from an oral to a written art is discussed, as is his place in the new rhetorical and philosophical culture and his role in the transmission of that culture to subsequent generations. The influence on Isocrates of such exponents of the new culture as Euripides, Socrates and Gorgias is stressed. An analysis is made of sophistry and philosophy in Fourth Century Athens and attempt is made to Place Isocrates wihin this intellectual milieu. His own philosophy is discussed, especially the ideas expressed by the words logos and doxa. The relationship between them is described and is shown to be relevant to Isocrates' concept of practical education. The place of logos at the centre of his curriculum is emphasised together with the introduction of History as a specific subject. His teaching methods are analysed and special attention is paid to the three stages of instruction, the small size of his classes and the subsequent interaction "between his pupils and himself. An attempt is made to estimate the success of his school and his ideas by a survey of his known pupils. Timotheus and Lyourgus, two of his pupils, are suggested as a model for the Renaissance Man. Finally an examination is made of the manner in which Isocrates' ideas were accepted and absorbed into Western Educational Thought by way of Cicero, Quintilian and such later figures as Erasmus and Sir Thomas Elyot
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