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This volume ranges in time over a very long period and covers the Greeks' most original contributions to intellectual history. It begins and ends with philosophy, but it also includes major sections on historiography and oratory. Although each of these areas had functions which in the modern world would not be considered 'Literary', the ancients made a less sharp distinction between intellectual and artistic production, and the authors included in this volume are some of Europe's most powerful stylists: Plato, Herodotus, Thucydides and Demosthenes.

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Abbreviations; Editorial note; 1. Early Greek philosophy A. A. Long; 2. Historiography Henry R. Immerwahr and W. R. Connor; 3. Sophists and physicians of the Greek enlightenment George A. Kennedy; 4. Plato and the Socratic work of Xenophon F. H. Sandbach; 5. Oratory George A. Kennedy; 6. Aristotle A. A. Long; 7. Post-Aristotelian philosophy A. A. Long; Appendix Martin Drury; Works cited Martin Drury; Index.

The Cambridge History of Classical Literature Philosophy History and Oratory Greek Literature

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 5/4/1989 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521359832, 978-0521359832
      ISBN10: 052135983X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume ranges in time over a very long period and covers the Greeks' most original contributions to intellectual history. It begins and ends with philosophy, but it also includes major sections on historiography and oratory. Although each of these areas had functions which in the modern world would not be considered 'Literary', the ancients made a less sharp distinction between intellectual and artistic production, and the authors included in this volume are some of Europe's most powerful stylists: Plato, Herodotus, Thucydides and Demosthenes.

      Trade Review
      "...a mighty achievement, bringing together the work of nineteen of the finest scholars in the field to produce a single volume...It will surely not be superceded in this century, and probably never will..." The New York Review of Books

      Table of Contents
      Abbreviations; Editorial note; 1. Early Greek philosophy A. A. Long; 2. Historiography Henry R. Immerwahr and W. R. Connor; 3. Sophists and physicians of the Greek enlightenment George A. Kennedy; 4. Plato and the Socratic work of Xenophon F. H. Sandbach; 5. Oratory George A. Kennedy; 6. Aristotle A. A. Long; 7. Post-Aristotelian philosophy A. A. Long; Appendix Martin Drury; Works cited Martin Drury; Index.

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