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  • PLATO’S EXCEPTIONAL CITY, LOVE, AND PHILOSOPHER
    NICKOLAS PAPPAS
    This book reconnoiters the appearances of the exceptional in Plato: as erotic desire (in the Symposium and Phaedrus), as the good city (Republic), and as the philosopher (Ion, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman). It offers fresh and sometimes radical interpretations of these dialogues. Those exceptional elements of experience – love, city, philosopher – do not escape embodiment but...

    $1,160.00

  • THE PHILOSOPHER'S NEW CLOTHES
    NICKOLAS PAPPAS
    This book takes a new approach to the question, "Is the philosopher to be seen as universal human being or as eccentric?". Through a reading of the Theaetetus, Pappas first considers how we identify philosophers – how do they appear, in particular how do they dress? The book moves to modern philosophical treatments of fashion, and of "anti-fashion". He argues that aspects of th...

    $1,420.00

  • POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN PLATO'S MENEXENUS
    NICKOLAS PAPPAS / MARK ZELCER
    Menexenus is one of the least studied among Plato's works, mostly because of the puzzling nature of the text, which has led many scholars either to reject the dialogue as spurious or to consider it as a mocking parody of Athenian funeral rhetoric. In this book, Pappas and Zelcer provide a persuasive alternative reading of the text, one that contributes in many ways to our under...

    $1,280.00

  • THE ROUTLEDGE GUIDEBOOK TO PLATO'S REPUBLIC
    NICKOLAS PAPPAS
    Plato, often cited as a founding father of Western philosophy, set out ideas in the Republic regarding the nature of justice, order, and the character of the just individual, that endure into the modern day. The Routledge Guidebook to Plato’s Republic introduces the major themes in Plato’s great book and acts as a companion for reading the work, examining: The context of Plato’...

    $700.00