Luc Brisson Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Il simposio era un’esperienza che nella vita delle società aristocratiche rappresentava e riproduceva il modello dell’etica sociale dei greci: nessuno ascetico distacco dai piaceri, ma neppure una frustrante privazione. Anche nel bere, l’ideale greco era la misura.

These new translations present Plato's remarkable dramatizations of the momentous events surrounding the trial of Socrates on charges of irreligion and corrupting the young.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Plato's retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadership - and shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy.

Ancient Greek thought serves as a foundational source for Western intellectual, ethical, and political civilization, influencing contemporary reflections. This volume features over sixty essays by international scholars, examining the scope of Greek thought, including their knowledge, beliefs, inventions, and understanding of knowledge itself. It highlights the reflexivity inherent in Greek thought, reminding us of our intellectual debts to them. Divided into sections on philosophy, politics, the pursuit of knowledge, major thinkers, and schools of thought, the work illustrates how the Greeks engaged in self-examination, defining the frameworks for understanding life, language, production, and action. The authors focus not just on historical facts but on the narratives the Greeks created about their history, their poetic expressions, and rhetorical practices. Essays cover a range of topics, from political and philosophical ideas to specific fields like Astronomy, History, Mathematics, and Medicine. They provide fresh insights on key figures from Anaxagoras to Zeno of Elea and explore core traditions from the Milesians to various interpretations of Platonism. Collectively, these contributions reflect the Greeks' insatiable thirst for knowledge, a trait Aristotle deemed universal among humans. Accompanied by thirty-two pages of color illustrations, this work captures the richness and dynamism of the Greek intellectual journey

Les lettres présentent, par rapport au reste de l'œuvre de Platon, un double intérêt : là seulement le philosophe parle à la première personne, là seulement il se décrit en action. Les Lettres nous présentent un autre Platon que celui des dialogues, celui qui, tout jeune homme, veut jouer un rôle politique à Athènes et qui, plus tard, cherche à réaliser à Syracuse les projets politiques qu'on trouve exposés d'abord dans la République, puis dans le Politique et dans les Lois. Par là, Platon ouvre une tradition qui se maintiendra après lui, comme en font foi, entre autres, les exemples de Descartes auprès de Christine de Suède, de Voltaire auprès de Frédéric II de Prusse ou de Diderot auprès de Catherine II de Russie : celui du philosophe conseiller du chef d'Etat.

Si le mythe est un phenomene tres complexe qu'etudient des sciences aussi diverses que la philologie, l'ethnologie, l'anthropologie, l'histoire des religions, le present ouvrage n'envisage que les theories modernes, tout a la fois philosophiques et esthetiques, qui s'attachent a determiner l'essence du mythe et sa fonction ideologique et politique. A travers cette vue panoramique qui couvre la periode cruciale s'etendant de la Renaissance au XXe siecle, l'auteur s'attache moins a brosser une histoire de la mythologie qu'a souligner les moments cles d'une recherche ou la rationalite rencontre son autre, toujours a reinterpreter. Du debut des Temps Modernes, en passant par l'age baroque, les Lumieres, le Romantisme et l'idealisme allemand - ici privilegies - jusqu'a l'epoque contemporaine, se trouvent ainsi esquissees les principales figures de l'explication ou de l'eclaircissement des recits mythiques.