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An inquiry into the philosophical concept of scholê : leisure as a political end /
"Though the ancient Greek philosophical concept of schol ̊is usually translated as 'leisure', there is a vast difference between the two. Leisure, derived from Latin licere, has its roots in Roman otium and connotes the uses of free time in ways permitted by the status quo. Schol ̊is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FC; Half title; Also available from Bloomsbury; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; I. Sisyphus or Scholê?; Scholê and its generic cultural attributes; The myth of Sisyphus: The curse of busyness; The philosophical examination of scholê as a way of life; II. Plato on Scholê and Ascholia; Scholê discovers its purpose in scholê; The inner demons of ascholia; Fear; Noise; Turmoil; Befuddlement; Ascholia: From symptoms to permanent traits; Deinotês: The self-made shackles of our imprisonment to ascholia; III. Catharsis, Scholê and Play.
- Scholê in the second best cityDivine play as a political end; Problems with Plato's concept of play as the alternative to scholê as end; On theological interpretations of Plato's theory of play; IV. Aristotle: On the Nature of Scholê; The boldest of all political proposals; Three interpretations regarding the practicality of scholê as end; Some things that scholê is not; What is the activity of nous in the defining sense of scholê?; The conditions for scholê as end; Universality of scholê; Self-sufficiency: Scholê as the highest end; Practicability of scholê
- Deviant scholê and the possibility of its reformPracticality of play versus scholê; V. Making Scholê Practical
- Diagôgê, Mousikê and Philia; On some of the differences between diagôgê and scholê; The fallacy of suppressed evidence; Phaeacia: Diagôgê in music as a way of life; Does musical education prepare a citizen for theoretical activity?; How does the music curriculum contribute to preparation for scholê?; To show the role of music for the theoretical life missing evidence is required; Citizens in charge of their musical curriculum.
- Why we are attracted to the translation of homonoia as 'unanimity' and 'concord'Music and political friendship; Homophrosunê in Homer; What can be the cause of homonoia for the end of scholê?; The principle of scholê is God; VI. Otium: Withdrawal for Action and Duty; From being 'in scholê' to being 'in the school'; Hellenistic scholê and Rome; Cicero: Otium as the security and peace of the republic; Cicero: The public and private paradoxes of otium; After the republic what should a statesman do with otium?; Seneca's De otio; A new context for otium; A digression on Seneca's originality.
- The change in the context between Cicero and SenecaFirst Principle of otium: Pervasive evil in society; Permission for, and service in, otium; The other-worldly basis for sapientia; Fabricating otium's exempla; VII. The Disappearance of Scholê; The intricate interactions between scholê and otium in the Imperial Age; Philo's footprints; Scholasate! The Christian imperative; Cutting the cultural links between scholê and ascholia; Prayer, catharsis and duty; Afterword; Leisure as a political end; Notes; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index.