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Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Volume I: Archaic Greece: The Mind of Athens

Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Volume I: Archaic Greece: The Mind of Athens

Werner Jaeger's classic three-volume work, originally published in 1939, is now available in paperback. Paideia, the shaping of Greek character through a union of civilization, tradition, literature, and philosophy is the basis for Jaeger's evaluation of Hellenic culture.
Volume I describes the foundation, growth, and crisis of Greek culture during the archaic and classical epochs, ending with the collapse of the Athenian empire. The second and third volumes of the work deal with the intellectual history of ancient Greece in the Age of Plato, the 4th century
B.C.--the age in which Greece lost everything that is valued in this world--state, power, liberty--but still clung to the concept of paideia. As its last great poet, Menander summarized the primary role of this ideal in Greek culture when he said: "The possession which no one can take away from man is paideia."

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About the Book

As mentioned in:

  • Episode #32 – Paideia is All Greek to Me by Mystie during the Scholé Every Day segment
  • Episode #113 – The Ideal Type by Abby during the Scholé Every Day segment
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Author: Werner Jaeger
Tags: #113, #113 Scholé Every Day, #32, #32 Scholé Every Day, Abby Wahl, Mystie Winckler
ASIN: 0195004256
ISBN: 0195004256
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