The Parthenon and Liberal Education

by: Lehman, G. Weinman, M.

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The Parthenon and liberal education

Authors:Geoff Lehman (Author), Michael Weinman (Author)

Summary:The Parthenon and Liberal Education seeks to restore the study of mathematics to its original place of prominence in the liberal arts. To build this case, Geoff Lehman and Michael Wienman turn to Philolaus, a near contemporary of Socrates. The authors demonstrate the influence of his work involving number theory, astronomy, and harmonics on Plato's Republic and Timaeus, and outline its resonance with the program of study in the arly Academcy and with the architecture of the Parthenon. Lehman and Weinman argue that the Parthenon can be seen as the foremost embodiment of the practical working through the mathematical knowledge in its time, serving as a mediator between the early reception of Ancient Near-Eastern mathematical ideas and their integration into Greek thought as a form of liberal education, as the latter came to be defined by Plato and his followers. With its Doric architecture characterized by symmetria (commensurability) and harmonia (harmony; joining together), concepts explored contemporaneously by Philolaus, the Parthenon engages dialectical thought in ways that are of enduring relevance for the project of liberal educatio

Series:
SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy

xxxiii, 234 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm

Contents:
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Thinking the Parthenon and Liberal Arts Education Together Part I. Plato on Dialectic and the Problem-Based Study of Mathematics 1. Dialectic and the Mathematical Arts in Republic (9.587b–588a): Philolaus?s Scale and the Final Bout between the Just and Unjust Souls 2. Dialectic and the Mathematical Arts in Timaeus (35b–36c): Philolaus?s Scale in the Construction of the World-Soul 3. Platonic Dialectic, Pythagorean Harmonics, and Liberal Arts Education Part II. Harmonia and Symmetria of the Parthenon 4. The Parthenon and the Musical Scale 5. The Corner Problem 6. Refinements and the Question of Dialectic Afterword Appendix A Pythagorean Musical Ratios Appendix B Principal Measurements of the Parthenon Appendix C Elements of the Doric Order Appendix D Ground Plan of the Parthenon Appendix E Glossary of Technical Terms Notes Works Cited Index

The Parthenon and Liberal Education

by: Lehman, G. Weinman, M.

• ISBN-13: 9781438468426 / 978-1-4384-6842-6
• ISBN-03: 1438468423 / 1-4384-6842-3
• State University of New York Press, New York, 2018

Price: 33,40 EURO

1 copy in stock