Studies on the Reception of Plato and Greek Political Thought in Victorian Britain
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Ancient Greece
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Bishop Thirlwall
British constitutional debate
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classical reception studies
Connop Thirlwall
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Greek Language
Greek Nation
Greek Political Thought
Grote's Work
Grote’s Work
James Mill
London Greek Committee
Modern Greece
Modern Greeks
Nicias
nineteenth-century philosophy
Plato's Dialogues
Plato's Philosophy
Platonic Interpretation
Platonic Philosophy
Platonic Studies
Platonic studies in Victorian Britain
Plato’s Dialogues
Plato’s Philosophy
Sir William Young
Socratic Dialectic
Socratic Elenchus
Socratic interpretation
Utilitarian Circle
utilitarian political theory
Vice Versa
Victorian intellectual history
William Mitford
Young Man
Younger Mill
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- ISBN 9781138382602
- Weight: 550g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This collection of essays focuses on the reception of Plato and Greek political thought in the work of some major (pre)Victorian classical scholars and expands on a remarkable range of hotly debated issues on the interpretation of Greek antiquity. The central figure in this volume is the radical philosopher, utilitarian, and Platonist George Grote, whose works on the history of Greece and Plato moved away from traditional models of classical interpretation. His works and their background are critically explored in light of his philosophical commitment and political radicalism. Article IV brings to light a forgotten manuscript by Grote, "On the Character of Socrates," produced in the 1820s. Grote sought to counter the current literature on ancient Greece and its predominant motifs, which is here examined in its own right along with an independent study on Bishop Connop Thirlwall's influential History of Greece. The second half of this volume is devoted to analyzing important aspects of the revival of Platonic studies in the ideological and discursive context of early and middle Victorian times. This collection of essays presents comprehensive and illuminating contextual analyses of nineteenth-century works on classical reception, providing simultaneously a rich bibliographic guide to further research.
Dr Kyriakos Demetriou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
