2 títulos para "Roochnik David"

Beautiful City

Roochnik, David

To the vast literature on Plato's Republic comes a new interpretation. In Beautiful City, David Roochnik argues convincingly that Plato's masterpiece is misunderstood by modern readers. The work must, he explains, be read dialectically, its parts understood as forming a unified whole. Approa...

Of Art and Wisdom

Roochnik, David

A comprehensive discussion of Plato's treatment of techne (technical knowledge), which shows that the final goal of Platonic philosophy is nontechnical wisdom. The Greek word techne, typically translated as "art," but also as "craft," "skill," "expertise," "technical knowledge," and even "science,"...