The Parthenon and Liberal Education

Geoff Lehman; Michael Weinman

Published by SUNY Press 2018

The Parthenon and Liberal Education

Geoff Lehman and Michael Weinman

In the series SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438468433

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About this book

Discusses the importance of the early history of Greek mathematics to education and civic life through a study of the Parthenon and dialogues of Plato.

Author / Editor information

Geoff Lehman is on the faculty of Art History at Bard College Berlin. Michael Weinman is Professor of Philosophy at Bard College Berlin and the author of Language, Time, and Identity in Woolf's The Waves: The Subject in Empire's Shadow and Pleasure in Aristotle's Ethics.

Reviews

"This synthesis of the architecture of the Parthenon, Plato, and Greek mathematical thought in the fifth century BC is one of the most comprehensive available in English." — Vassilis Petrakis, External Research Collaborator, National Hellenic Research Foundation

"This book adds substantially to the field of studies on ancient Greek architecture, as viewed through the lens of Greek philosophy and education. It contains chapters that are intellectually the most exciting and innovative that I have read on the Parthenon in a long time." — Robert Hannah, author of Time in Antiquity

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Thinking the Parthenon and Liberal Arts Education Together Michael Weinman and Geoff Lehman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Plato on Dialectic and the Problem-Based Study of Mathematics
Dialectic and the Mathematical Arts in Republic (9.587b–588a) Philolaus’s Scale and the Final Bout between the Just and Unjust Souls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Dialectic and the Mathematical Arts in Timaeus (35b–36c) Philolaus’s Scale in the Construction of the World-Soul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Platonic Dialectic, Pythagorean Harmonics, and Liberal Arts Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Harmonia and Symmetria of the Parthenon
The Parthenon and the Musical Scale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
The Corner Problem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Refinements and the Question of Dialectic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Afterword Geoff Lehman and Michael Weinman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Pythagorean Musical Ratios Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Principal Measurements of the Parthenon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Elements of the Doric Order Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Ground Plan of the Parthenon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Glossary of Technical Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 268
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 49
Keywords: Education : Education; History : Architectural History/Architecture; Science, Mathematics, and Technology : Mathematics; Philosophy : Ancient Greek Philosophy; Philosophy : Philosophy

eBook

Published: March 1, 2018
ISBN: 9781438468433

The Parthenon and Liberal Education

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Dialectic and the Mathematical Arts in Republic (9.587b–588a)

Dialectic and the Mathematical Arts in Timaeus (35b–36c)

Platonic Dialectic, Pythagorean Harmonics, and Liberal Arts Education

The Parthenon and the Musical Scale

The Corner Problem

Refinements and the Question of Dialectic

Afterword

Pythagorean Musical Ratios

Principal Measurements of the Parthenon

Elements of the Doric Order

Ground Plan of the Parthenon

Glossary of Technical Terms

Notes

Works Cited

Index