Plato (428-347av.J.-C.) He died at about the age of 80 in athens in 348 or 347 BC The works of the later periodinclude the theaetetus (a denial that knowledge is to be identified with http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/P/plato/2.html
Extractions: Plato's writings were in dialogue form; philosophical ideas were advanced, discussed, and criticized in the context of a conversation or debate involving two or more persons. The earliest collection of Plato's work includes 35 dialogues and 13 letters. The authenticity of a few of the dialogues and most of the letters has been disputed. Plato's ethical theory rests on the assumption that virtue is knowledge and can be taught, which has to be understood in terms of his theory of Forms. As indicated previously, the ultimate Form for Plato is the Form of the Good, and knowledge of this Form is the source of guidance in moral decision making. Plato also argued that to know the good is to do the good. The corollary of this is that anyone who behaves immorally does so out of ignorance. This conclusion follows from Plato's conviction that the moral person is the truly happy person, and because individuals always desire their own happiness, they always desire to do that which is moral.
Theaetetus Terpsion Where then? Euclid As I was going down to the harbour, I met theaetetushewas being carried up to athens from the army at Corinth. http://www.gbt.org/Theatetus.html
Plato 378 Second Athenian League founded, of athens with Thebes. 369 Battle of athensagainst Sparta at Mt. Oneion. Plato s friend theaetetus fatally wounded (?). http://www.cnu.edu/phil/carr/PlatoBio.htm
Extractions: Life Relation with Socrates Theory of Forms Philosophy of Education ... Legacy Life Back to the Top 428-7 Born in Athens (or Aegina, where his father may have been governor) to Ariston and Perictione of Athens 427 Gorgias in Athens representing Leontini 424 (Great-Uncle) Pyrilampes wounded at Athenian defeat in battle of Delium 423 Aristophanes's Clouds first performed; it is the oldest reference to Socrates 422 Socrates serves at battle of Amphipolis 415 Alcibiades expedition to Syracuse ends in disgrace 414 Aristophanes's Birds performed 413 End of Syracusan expedition, in ruins. 406 Condemnation of generals defeated at Arginusae (including the son of Pericles); Socrates protests. 405 Dionysius I to power in Syracuse 404 Peloponnesian war ends with surrender of Athens to Lysander; the Thirty Tyrants come to power, including uncles Critias and Charmides 403 The Thirty Tyrants lose power; uncles Critias and Charmides killed; return of democracy 399 Attended the trial (with his brother Adeimantus) of Socrates but not the execution; started writing soon thereafter, possibly even the Theaetetus and Euthydemus (against Antisthenes the Cynic) 397 Dionysius II born 388 First Visit to Sicily and Italy (and possibly earlier visits to Cyrene, Megara and Egypt); in Sicily he attended the court of Dionysius the elder at Syracuse, who had him sold into slavery (in Syracuse, or more likely Aegina) he was ransomed either by Anniceris the Cyrenaic or Archytas (a Pythagorean)
Protagoras Biography Protagoras died as a result of shipwreck after being exiled from athens to Sicilyon and of things which are not, that they are not (Plato s theaetetus 152a24 http://www.cnu.edu/phil/carr/ProtaBio.htm
Extractions: Protagoras c485-421 Life Man is the Measure On Education On Democracy Protagoras of Abdera was a famous educator of the ancient Hellenes, whose relativism has inspired generations of philosophers, teachers, and social scientists. He was highly respected by private and public citizens , the former sending their children to him for education , the latter giving him the responsibility for establishing new legal structures. None of his writings survive, but his reputation has been preserved by subsequent thinkers, especially Plato Life Back to the Top c485 Born in Abdera, Thrace (the philosopher Democritus was a younger contemporary) c469 Birth of Socrates Pericles gaining notoriety 460ff Flourished as a travelling teacher, although mainly in Athens 443/4 Prepared Constitution for Thurii , a colony of Periclean Athens ?433 Presumed dramatic date of the Protagoras 431 Peloponnesian war 430 Athens in plague; Protagoras in Athens after developing a following in Sicily 429 Death of Pericles 411 Accused of impiety by Pythodorus. There is an unlikely rumor that Protagoras died as a result of shipwreck after being exiled from Athens to Sicily on charges of impiety. If there were such charges, more likely the punishment was the burning of his books. 421-415/1 Death of Protagoras.
Archons Of Athens Definition Meaning Information Explanation 595 BC594 BC, Philombrotus, 594 BC-593 BC, Solon, Solon reforms Draco s code, thenleaves athens, resulting in weak archons and anarchy. 143 BC-142 BC, theaetetus, http://www.free-definition.com/Archons-of-Athens.html
Extractions: Google News about your search term This is a list of the Eponymous Archons of Athens . They gave their name to the year, and were in charge of the Boule and Ekklesia. There were two other archons each year, the Polemarch (until 501 BC when this position was replaced with 10 strategoi ), and the Basileus, the ceremonial remnant of the Athenian monarchy. Six other men, the Thesmothetai, also served as assistants to the archons. These men are listed, where known. The Eponymous Archon gradually lost power as well, but remained as a ceremonial post. Years where the name of the archon is unknown are identified as such. Years listed as "anarchy" mean that there was literally "no archon." There are various conflicting reconstructions of lists; sources for this list are given at the end. Note that the term of an archon covered two of our years, beginning in the spring or summer and continuing into the next spring or summer. In 753 BC the perpetual archonship (essentially a kingship, see Kings of Athens) was limited to 10 years (the "decennial archons"): 753 BC-743 BC Charops 743 BC-733 BC Aesimides 733 BC-723 BC Clidicus 723 BC-713 BC Hippomenes 713 BC-703 BC Leocrates 703 BC-693 BC Apsander 693 BC-683 BC Eryxias After 683 BC the archonship was limited to one year. Archons were chosen from the
Island Of Freedom - Plato He died at about the age of 80 in athens in 347 BC Plato wrote 26 dialogueson various The best of the late dialogues are Parmenides and theaetetus. http://www.island-of-freedom.com/PLATO.HTM
Extractions: Plato was born to an aristocratic family in Athens. His father, Ariston, was believed to have descended from the early kings of Athens. Perictione, his mother, was distantly related to the 6th-century B.C. lawmaker Solon. When Plato was a child, his father died, and his mother married Pyrilampes, who was an associate of the statesman Pericles. As a young man Plato had political ambitions, but he became disillusioned by the political leadership in Athens. He eventually became a disciple of Socrates, accepting his basic philosophy and dialectical style of debate: the pursuit of truth through questions, answers, and additional questions. Plato witnessed the death of Socrates at the hands of the Athenian democracy in 399 B.C. Perhaps fearing for his own safety, he left Athens temporarily and traveled to Italy, Sicily, and Egypt. In 389 B.C. he founded the "Academy" in Athens, the institution often described as the first European university. It provided a comprehensive curriculum, including such subjects as astronomy, biology, mathematics, political theory, and philosophy. The main purpose of the Academy was to cultivate thought to lead to a restoration of decent government in the cities of Greece. Pursuing an opportunity to combine philosophy and practical politics, Plato went to Sicily in 367 to tutor the new ruler of Syracuse, Dionysius the Younger, in the art of philosophical rule. The experiment failed. Plato made another trip to Syracuse in 361, but again his engagement in Sicilian affairs met with little success. The concluding years of his life were spent lecturing at the Academy and writing. He died at about the age of 80 in Athens in 347 B.C.
The Portrait Of The Philosopher In The Theaetetus In a society like 5th century athens, late 16th who when stargazing fell down awell, much to the amusement of a pert Thracian miss (theaetetus, 174a 175e http://plato-dialogues.org/email/961120_1.htm
Extractions: Bernard SUZANNE Last updated November 21, 1998 Plato and his dialogues : Home Biography Works and links to them History of interpretation New hypotheses - Map of dialogues : table version or non tabular version . Tools : Index of persons and locations Detailed and synoptic chronologies - Maps of Ancient Greek World . Site information : About the author E-mail Archives : The portrait of the philosopher in the November 20-23, 1996 This page is part of the "e-mail archives" section of a site, Plato and his dialogues , dedicated to developing a new interpretation of Plato's dialogues. The "e-mail archives" section includes HTML edited versions of posts that I submitted on various e-mail discussion lists about Plato and ancient philosophy. Subject : re: perfect society Nicholas Denyer writes: Theaetetus, ). Such people will have their minds so full of (to adapt an example from Theaetetus 175c) the Car itself that they will not be bothered about where their own cars are parked. Be careful that the portrait of the philosopher in the you are refering to, which is at the exact center of the dialogue, in opposition to the portrait of the rhetor, might not be the portrait of the philosopher according to Socrates/Plato's mind! If you read carefully the Greek text (not a translation that adds subjects that aren't there to split the too long phrases of Plato), you will find out that the word
Earlyempirespeoples Academy. Works Gorgias, Phaedon, The Republic, theaetetus, Timaeus. Platon.Solon, Greek statesman c. 640559, athens second lawgiver. http://www.zum.de/whkmla/sat/wb/ant/clasgr/clasgrbio.html
Protagoras He brought with him to athens many admirers from other Greek cities through whichhe had The first contained the theory refuted by Plato in the theaetetus. http://ragz-international.com/protagoras.htm
Extractions: Protagoras (480-411 BCE.) Protagoras wrote a large number of works, of which the most important were entitled Truth Alethia ) and On the Gods Peritheon ). The first contained the theory refuted by Plato in the Theaetetus . In 411 he was accused of impiety by Pythodorus, one of the Four Hundred. The charges were based on his book On the Gods , which began with the statement, "Respecting the gods, I am unable to know whether they exist or do not exist" (Diog. Laert. ix. 52). The impeachment was followed by his banishment, or, as others affirm, only by the burning of his book. His doctrine was, in fact, a sort of agnosticism based upon the impossibility of attaining any absolute criterion of truth. Plato gives a vivid picture of the teaching of Protagoras in the dialogue that bears his name. Protagoras was especially celebrated for his skill in the rhetorical art. By way of practice in the art he was accustomed to make his pupils discuss theses ( communes loci ), an exercise which is also recommended by Cicero. He also directed his attention to language, and tried to explain difficult passages in the poets. He is said to have been the first to make the grammatical distinctions of moods in verse and of genders in nouns. Protagoras died about 411 at the age of nearly seventy years, when he was lost at sea on his way to Sicily.
Biography Of Plato Then, in 387 BC Plato returned to athens after travelling for a few on his own personalphilosophical ideas with The Republic, The Sophist, and theaetetus. http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/bioplato.htm
Extractions: Back to the Table of Contents Biographies of Mathematicians-Plato "I am the wisest man in Athens because I know I don't know. I am only singularly ignorant. The rest of the citizens are twice ignorant. They think they know, but they still don't know. (Plato in his dialogue "The Republic") Background Plato was born in Athens, Greece in 427 BC. Plato was born in Athens, Greece to one of the oldest and most distinguished families in the city. He lived with his mother, Perictione, and his father, Ariston (Until Ariston died.) As a young man, Plato grew up wanting to be a politician. However, after witnessing his mentor's killing and discovering the true heartlessness of politics, his interests changed and he was no longer wanted a place in government. Then, in 387 B.C. Plato returned to Athens after travelling for a few years. He set up the Academy, which many scholars consider to be the first University. Subjects taught in the University included astronomy, biological sciences, mathematics, and political science. According to legend, his University stood in a place that was once owned by the Greek hero, Academus. That's where we began to use the term academy when referring to schools. He stayed there and headed the school for the remainder of his life. Influences Socrates(470-399 BC) was a Greek philosopher who greatly impacted Plato through his teachings.
Theaetetus Name Theaitetos. Occupation From Sounion, athens. Son of Euphronios.Occupation Dates c. 417369 BC. Brief biography Studied http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/ter/grst/People/Theaetetus.htm
Extractions: Name Theaitetos Occupation: From Sounion, Athens Son of: Euphronios Occupation: Dates c. 417-369 BC Brief biography Studied with Theodoros of Cyrene and at the Academy with Plato. Father died before he reached manhood and left a large fortune but the trustees of the estate squandered it. At some time taught in Herakleia in Pontus; may have taught Herakleides. Died from disease contracted after wounding in battle (prob. v. Korinth 369) Contributed to the theory of irrational quantities, construction of regular solids, and theory of proportions, built upon by Eudoxos and set out by Euclid bk 5. Eponym of one Platonic dialogue and principal character of Sophist Context Works No writings survive, even as frags.. References I Bulmer-Thomas DSB Last modified: 11 March 2003
Theaetetus By Plato been a spot familiar to Plato (for Megara was within a walk of athens), but no ofthe preface is to create an interest about the person of theaetetus, who has http://manybooks.net/titles/platoetext99thtus10.html
Extractions: @import "/resources/manybooks2004.css"; Title Author Please select a format Plucker . iSilo . iSiloX . Doc Rocketbook zTXT . PDF PalmReader . Read online (189.5 pages) Random excerpt: ve been raised in the Parmenides. Any of these arrangements may suggest new views to the student of Plato; none of them can lay claim to an exclusive probability in its favour. The Theaetetus is one of the narrated dialogues of Plato, and is the only one which is supposed to have been written down. In a short introductory scene, Euclides and Terpsion are described as meeting before the door of Euclides' house in Megara. This may have been a spot familiar to Plato (for Megara was within a walk of Athens), but no importance can be attached to the accidental introduction of the founder of the Megarian philosophy. The real intention of the preface is to create an interest about the person of Theaetetus, who has just been carried up from the army at Corinth in a dying state. The expectation of his death recalls the promise of his youth, and especially the famous conversation which Socrates had with him when he was quite young, a few days before his own trial and death, as we are once more reminded at the e Total downloads: 5 Plato at Wikipedia.org
Lev Shestov - Athens And Jerusalem - Part I,1 athens and Jerusalem. 1 Republic, 533C. 2 Metaphysics, 984b, 10. 3Metaphysics, 1015a, 28 ff. 4 Psalms, 13756. 5 theaetetus, 196D. http://shestov.by.ru/aaj/aj1_1.html
Extractions: We live surrounded by an endless multitude of mysteries. But no matter how enigmatic may be the mysteries which surround being, what is most enigmatic and disturbing is that mystery in general exists and that we are somehow definitely and forever cut off from the sources and beginnings of life. Of all the things that we here on earth are the witnesses, this is obviously the most absurd and meaningless, the most terrible, almost unnatural, thing - which forces us irresistibly to conclude either that there is something that is not right in the universe, or that the way in which we seek the truth and the demands that we place upon it are vitiated in their very roots.
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Extractions: The search seeks the exact word or phrase that you type, so if you donât find your choice, try searching for a key word in your topic or recheck the spelling of a word or name. Plato I. Introduction Plato bc ), Greek philosopher, one of the most creative and influential thinkers in Western philosophy. II. Life Plato was born to an aristocratic family in Athens. His father, Ariston, was believed to have descended from the early kings of Athens. Perictione, his mother, was distantly related to the 6th-century bc lawmaker Solon. When Plato was a child, his father died, and his mother married Pyrilampes, who was an associate of the statesman Pericles. As a young man Plato had political ambitions, but he became disillusioned by the political leadership in Athens. He eventually became a disciple of Socrates, accepting his basic philosophy and dialectical style of debate: the pursuit of truth through questions, answers, and additional questions. Plato witnessed the death of Socrates at the hands of the Athenian democracy in 399 bc . Perhaps fearing for his own safety, he left Athens temporarily and traveled to Italy, Sicily, and Egypt.
Protagoras [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy] Cambridge MA Harvard University Press, 1967. . Plato VII theaetetus, Sophist.Trans. de Romilly, Jaqueline. The Great Sophists In Periclean athens. Trans. http://www.iep.utm.edu/p/protagor.htm
Extractions: Protagoras (c. 490 - c. 420 BCE) Protagoras of Abdera was one of several fifth century Greek thinkers (including also Gorgias, Hippias, and Prodicus) collectively known as the Older Sophists, a group of traveling teachers or intellectuals who were experts in rhetoric (the science of oratory) and related subjects. Protagoras is known primarily for three claims (1) that man is the measure of all things (which is often interpreted as a sort of radical relativism) (2) that he could make the "worse (or weaker) argument appear the better (or stronger)" and (3) that one could not tell if the gods existed or not. While some ancient sources claim that these positions led to his having been tried for impiety in Athens and his books burned, these stories may well have been later legends. Protagoras' notion that judgments and knowledge are in some way relative to the person judging or knowing has been very influential, and is still widely discussed in contemporary philosophy.
Theaetetus, By Plato (theaetetus) EUCLID As I was going down to the harbour, I met theaetetushe was being carriedup to athens from the army at Corinth. TERPSION Was he alive or dead? http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/p/p71th/theaetetus.html
Extractions: PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates, Theodorus, Theaetetus. EUCLID: Have you only just arrived from the country, Terpsion? TERPSION: No, I came some time ago: and I have been in the Agora looking for you, and wondering that I could not find you. EUCLID: But I was not in the city. TERPSION: Where then? TERPSION: Was he alive or dead? EUCLID: He was scarcely alive, for he has been badly wounded; but he was suffering even more from the sickness which has broken out in the army. TERPSION: The dysentery, you mean? EUCLID: Yes. TERPSION: Alas! what a loss he will be! EUCLID: Yes, Terpsion, he is a noble fellow; only to-day I heard some people highly praising his behaviour in this very battle. TERPSION: No wonder; I should rather be surprised at hearing anything else of him. But why did he go on, instead of stopping at Megara? EUCLID: He wanted to get home: although I entreated and advised him to remain, he would not listen to me; so I set him on his way, and turned back, and then I remembered what Socrates had said of him, and thought how remarkably this, like all his predictions, had been fulfilled. I believe that he had seen him a little before his own death, when Theaetetus was a youth, and he had a memorable conversation with him, which he repeated to me when I came to Athens; he was full of admiration of his genius, and said that he would most certainly be a great man, if he lived. TERPSION: The prophecy has certainly been fulfilled; but what was the conversation? can you tell me?
Phil 2510: Roster As-D generally credited with having established real democracy in athens (real, that assumptionsof radical Heracliteanism in a famous passage (theaetetus, 179d180c http://www.webster.edu/~evansja/rosters/rosterAs-D.html
Extractions: Athenian statesman, from the famous family of Alcmaeonids. Late in the tyranny of Hippias Cleisthenes was banished from Athens. He was said to have bribed the priestess at Delphi into guaranteeing that the oracle would advise all Spartans to overthrow the tyranny in Athens. (See Pisistratus .) Delphi, in return, got Cleisthenes' promise to help bankroll the renovation of the temple. The priestess took the bribe, the Spartans took the advice, Hippias was overthrown and Cleisthenes returned to Athens (511/10 B.C.E. to head one of two aristocratic factions. When the rival faction, headed by Isagoras, got the upperhand, the ever resourceful Cleisthenes appealed to the people and succeeded in passing a sweeping set of democratic reforms that included redefinition of the tribes of Athens (a sort of ancient gerrymandering), granting of sweeping powers to the Council of 500 ( BOULE ,) empowering of the Assembly of all citizens ( EKKLESIA ,) and instituting ostracism , the curious Athenian law by which the citizens could vote to excile for ten years, with or without cause, one of their fellow citizens.
Philosophy And Science In The Greco Oxford, UK, Katerina Ierodiakonou, National Technical University, athens, Greece/St. a Hungarian translation and commentary of Platos theaetetus and is http://www.ceu.hu/sun/SUN_2004/Detailed_Descriptions/philosophy_and_science_in_t
Extractions: Central European University A Program for University Teachers, Advanced Ph.D. Students, Researchers and Professionals in the Social Sciences and Humanities Summer University July 5 - 16 2004 go to [ objectives level content tentative syllabus ... teaching methods Course directors: István Bárány University ELTE, Budapest, Gábor Betegh , Central European University, Budapest István Bodnár , Central European University, Budapest Resource persons: Myles Burnyeat, All Souls College, Oxford, UK, Katerina Ierodiakonou National Technical University, Athens, Greece/ St. Hugh's College, Oxford, UK, Sir Geoffrey Lloyd, University of Cambridge, UK, Henry R. Mendell California State University, USA, David N. Sedley , University of Cambridge, UK, Leonid Zhmud , Institute for the History of Science and Technology, St. Petersburg István Bárány Assistant Professor at at Eötvös University, Budapest. He is currently a Mellon Research Fellow at the Warburg Institute of London. His main area of research is Platonic philosophy and ancient epistemology. He published a Hungarian translation and commentary of Platos Theaetetus and is preparing a translation and commentary of the Protagoras. Gábor Betegh Assistant Professor at the Philosophy Department of Central European University. He earned his PhD at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and at the Eötvös University, Budapest. He conducted research at Christ's College, Cambridge and was a Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University. He has published on various aspects of ancient cosmology, and his book
Philosophy And Science In The Greco Katerina Ierodiakonou (National Technical University, athens/ St He published a Hungariantranslation and commentary of Platos theaetetus and is preparing a http://www.ceu.hu/sun/sun_2003/courses/philosophy_and_science_2003.htm
Extractions: Central European University A Program for University Teachers, Researchers and Professionals in the Social Sciences and Humanities Summer University since 19-09-2003 you are visitor no. Download Course Schedule and Syllabus here For the tasks related to reading materials please also see our recommendations here Philosophy and Science in the Greco-Roman World July 7 - 18, 2003 Course directors István Bárány (ELTE, Budapest) Leonid Zhmud (Institute for the History of Science and Technology, St. Petersburg) István Bárány Assistant Professor at at Eötvös University, Budapest. He is currently a Mellon Research Fellow at the Warburg Institute of London. His main area of research is Platonic philosophy and ancient epistemology. He published a Hungarian translation and commentary of Platos Theaetetus and is preparing a translation and commentary of the Protagoras Gábor Betegh Assistant Professor at the Philosophy Department of Central European University. He earned his PhD at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and at the Eötvös University, Budapest. He conducted research at Christ's College, Cambridge and was a Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University. He has published on various aspects of ancient cosmology, and his book
