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This study reconsiders Platos Socratic dialoguesCharmides, Laches, Lysis, Euthydemus, Gorgias, and Menoas parts of an integrated curriculum. By privileging reading order over order of composition, a Platonic pedagogy teaching that the Idea of the Good is a greater object of philosophical concern than what benefits the self is spotlighted.

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By subjecting Nietzsche to a Platonic critique, author William H. F. Altman punctures his pose of untimeliness while making use of Nietzsches own aphoristic style of presentation. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzschenamed for a Prussian Kingis thereby revealed to be the representative philosopher of the Second Reich.

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In a new approach to a vexing problem in modern philosophy, William H. F. Altman shows that Heideggers decision to join the Nazis in 1933 can only be understood in the context of his complicated relationship with the Great War.

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In this book, William H. F. Altman considers the pedagogical connections behind the post-Republic dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus in the context of their Reading Order.

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In this book, William H. F. Altman considers the pedagogical connections behind the post-Republic dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus in the context of their Reading Order.

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In this book, William H. F. Altman argues that it is not order of composition but reading order that makes Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, Crito, and Phaedo late dialogues, and shows why Platos decision to interpolate the notoriously late Sophist and Statesman between Euthyphro and Apology deserves more respect from interpreters.

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This book argues that Cicero deserves to be spoken of with more respect and to be studied with greater care. Using Plato's influence on Cicero's life and writings as a clue, Altman reveals the ineffable combination of qualities that enabled Cicero not only to revive Platonism, but also to rival Plato himself.

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This book argues that Cicero deserves to be spoken of with more respect and to be studied with greater care. Using Platos influence on Ciceros life and writings as a clue, Altman reveals the ineffable combination of qualities that enabled Cicero not only to revive Platonism, but also to rival Plato himself.