The cave and the light : Plato versus Aristotle and the struggle for the soul of Western civilization
Herman, Arthur, 1956-2010
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A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture.
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Imprint:
New York Bantam Books c2010
Collation:
676 pages illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
prologue: The School of AthensThe first philosopherThe soul of reasonThe mind of GodThe doctor's sonGood citizen or philosopher ruler?The inheritors: philosophy in the Hellenistic ageKnowledge is powerHole in the soul: Plato and Aristotle in RomeDancing in the light: the birth of NeoplatonismChrist is come: Platonism and ChristianityToward the heavenly cityInquiring minds: Aristotle strikes backCelestial harmonies: Plato in the Middle AgesAt the summit: Arabs, Aristotle, and Saint Thomas AquinasThe razor's edgeAristotle, Machiavelli, and the paradoxes of libertyThe creative ascent: Plato and the high RenaissanceTwilight of the scholastics: the Reformation and the doom of AristotleSecrets of the heavens: Plato, Galileo, and the new scienceGod, kings, and philosophers in the Age of GeniusAristotle in a periwig: the culture of the EnlightenmentStarting over: Plato, Rousseau, and revolution'Feeling is all' : the triumph of the RomanticsVictorian crossroads: Hegel, Marx, and MillThe scale of nature: Darwin, evolution, and Aristotle's GodUnseen worlds: physics, relativity, and the new world pictureTriumph of the will: Nietzsche and the death of reason --
ISBN:
9780553807301 (hardback)
Dewey class:
180 CAV
Local class:
180
Language:
English
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BRN:
77037
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 180 CAV | hbkAvailable |