The Essential Isocrates

The Essential Isocrates
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781477325544
ISBN-13 : 1477325549
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Book Synopsis The Essential Isocrates by : Jon D. Mikalson

Download or read book The Essential Isocrates written by Jon D. Mikalson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Isocrates is a comprehensive introduction to Isocrates, one of ancient Greece’s foremost orators. Jon D. Mikalson presents Isocrates largely in his own words, with original English translations of selections of his writings on his life and times and on morality, religion, philosophy, rhetoric, education, political theory, and Greek and Athenian history. In Mikalson’s treatment, Isocrates receives his due not only as a major thinker but as one whose work has resonated across time, influencing even modern education practices and theory. Isocrates wrote extensively about Athens in the fourth century BCE and before, and his speeches, letters, and essays provide a trove of insights concerning the intellectual, political, and social currents of his time. Mikalson details what we know about Isocrates’s long, eventful, and complicated life, and much can be gleaned on the personal level from his own writings, as Isocrates was one of the most introspective authors of the Classical Period. By collecting the most representative and important passages of Isocrates’s writings, arranging them topically, and placing them in historical context, The Essential Isocrates invites general and expert readers alike to engage with one of antiquity’s most compelling men of ideas.


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