Paideia. La formazione dell'uomo greco

The summer before starting at Loyola I spent a lot of time up at grandmother's cottage in SW Michigan. The nearest town, Bridgman, was just starting its first library in what had been, long ago, the town's bank. Excited by the prospect, I stopped by, introduced myself to the head librarian, Ms. Roth Leggi tutto

The first men that believe in the humanism, the origin of it... The great force of the spirit of the humanity found in the deep roots of the community for life... connections of spiritual and social life... everything comes together, like a love letter, to understand Paideia in Jaeger's book. After

Jaeger's brilliant insight was to explore the growth of Hellenic culture by emphasizing the role of education. It is a profound perspective that links the earliest Archaic poetry to the sophisticated philosophy of Plato. After reading more than a thousand pages, when one finishes the chapter on Demo Leggi tutto

"Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written" (Thoreau). This series demands your full attention. It is a staggering work of a brilliant scholar that provides rich insight into the birth of culture in Periclean Athens. It is a series that is full of treasures and insight t Leggi tutto

Obra de referencia para entender la cultura clásica.

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"Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture" is a three-volume work written by German classicist Werner Jaeger, first published in 1933. The book provides a comprehensive study of ancient Greek education and its role in shaping the ideals of Greek culture. Jaeger argues that the ancient Greeks placed a hig Leggi tutto

How the Greeks lived?