THE INVENTION OF THE THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY. NOTES ON ANDREA WILSON-NIGHTINGALE'S BOOK 'SPECTACLES OF TRUTH IN CLASSICAL GREEK PHILOSOPHY. -THEORIA- IN ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT'

• Authors: Pawlik Robert
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Philosophy as the contemplation of truth and identification of knowledge with seeing are both Plato's inventions. As a model for his philosophy, Athenian thinker takes religion institution of pilgrimage (theoria), which is very popular in ancient Greece. The book by Andrea Wilson-Nightingale about 'theoria' in ancient Greek philosophy is a valuable contribution to the reconstruction of a social background of arising philosophy.

Keywords

EN

'THEORIA'; WILSON-NIGHTINGALE ANDREA

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Warsaw University, Institute of Philosophy, Institute of Polish Literature and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
• Journal: Przegląd Filozoficzno-Literacki
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1(19)
• Pages: 189-199
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Pawlik Robert

• Robert Pawlik, for postal address contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA067718