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Arieti, James Alexander was born on May 12, 1948 in New York City. Son of Silvano and Jane (Jaffe) Arieti.
(Despite Plato's various warnings not to do so, his dialog...)
Despite Plato's various warnings not to do so, his dialogues have been studied as systematic philosophy since antiquity. In this innovative and controversial reassessment, James Arieti argues that they should be read primarily as works of drama rather than philosophical discourse. Analyses of 18 of the 28 dialogues allow the reader to see them as integrated dramas, with all the ambiguities and uncertainties that literary works contain. As in plays generally, the arguments of particular characters cannot be seen as the opinions of the author, whose views emerge only from examining each work as a whole. This literary reading shows how much of the debate about Plato's meaning has been misplaced. Instead of demonstrating that an argument is fallacious or valid, we need to ask why Plato has the particular character make the argument. Interpreting Plato achieves what no other work on Plato has attempted: to see the philosophical arguments as serving a dramatic purpose.
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(Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction_an intel...)
Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction_an intellectual history of the ancient world from the eighth century B.C.E. to the fifth century C.E., from Homer to Boethius_describes and evaluates ancient thought in its cultural setting, showing how it affected and was affected by that setting. The greatest philosophers (Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine) and cultural figures (Homer, Euripides, Thucydides, Archimedes) and a number of lesser ones (Hesiod, Posidonius, Basil) receive careful description and evaluation. Philosophy in the Ancient World is ideally suited as a supplement for undergraduate courses in Ancient Philosophy and the History of Philosophy in the West.
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As scholars have observed and analyzed Herodotus's sophistication, the father of history has been recognized as a complex and profound moral historian. How would Herodotus's contemporaries have responded to his recounting of the past? And what enduring lessons does Herodotus have for us? James A. Arieti attempts to discover, as far as possible, Herodotus's purpose in writing, and reveals how in the History of the Persian Wars Herodotus shapes his narrative in order to advise the troubled Greek world of his day. Arieti's reading is an interpretive study, exploring the philosophical, literary, and historical richness of the history--in short, examining why it is a classic. Discourses on the First Book of Herodotus is an important work for historians, classicists, and philosophers.
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(Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction_an intel...)
Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction_an intellectual history of the ancient world from the eighth century B.C.E. to the fifth century C.E., from Homer to Boethius_describes and evaluates ancient thought in its cultural setting, showing how it affected and was affected by that setting. The greatest philosophers (Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine) and cultural figures (Homer, Euripides, Thucydides, Archimedes) and a number of lesser ones (Hesiod, Posidonius, Basil) receive careful description and evaluation. Philosophy in the Ancient World is ideally suited as a supplement for undergraduate courses in Ancient Philosophy and the History of Philosophy in the West.
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Arieti, James Alexander was born on May 12, 1948 in New York City. Son of Silvano and Jane (Jaffe) Arieti.
Bachelor, Grinnell College, 1969; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1972.
Assistant professor, Stanford (California) U., 1972-1974; assistant professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1974-1975; assistant professor, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa., 1975-1977; professor department classics, Hampden-Sydney (Virginia) College, since 1978.
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(Despite Plato's various warnings not to do so, his dialog...)
(Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction_an intel...)
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Member American Philological Association, Classical Association Middle West and South, Classical Association Virginia, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, Eta Sigma Chi.
Married Barbara Ann Mapes, May 23, 1976. Children: Samuel Abraham, Ruth Sophia.