Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739171387)

In this unique and important book, William Altman shines a light on the pedagogical technique of the playful Plato, especially his ability to create living discourses that directly address the student. Reviving an ancient concern with reconstructing the order in which Plato intended his dialogues to be taught as opposed to determining the order in which he wrote them, Altman breaks with traditional methods by reading Plato's dialogues as a multiplex but coherent curriculum in which the Allegory of the Cave occupies the central place. His reading of Plato's Republic challenges the true philosopher to choose the life of justice exemplified by Socrates and Cicero by going back down into the Cave of political life for the sake of the greater Good.


Author: William H. F. Altman
ISBN-10: 0739171380
ISBN-13: 9780739171387
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2012
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2012