Thinker As Artist: From Homer To Plato & Aristotle [Paperback]

George Anastaplo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 1997

In an attempt to subject representative texts of a dozen ancient authors to a more or less Socratic inquiry, the noted scholar George Anastaplo suggests in The Thinker as Artist how one might usefully read as well as enjoy such texts, which illustrate the thinking done by the greatest artists and how they "talk" among themselves across the centuries. In doing so, he does not presume to repeat the many fine things said about these and like authors, but rather he discusses what he himself has noticed about them, text by text. Drawing upon a series of classical authors ranging from Homer and Sappho to Plato and Aristotle, Anastaplo examines issues relating to chance, art, nature, and divinity present in the artful works of philosophers and other thinkers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Ohio University Press; 1 edition (July 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821411845
• ISBN-13: 978-0821411841
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,582,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great work from one of America's greatest thinkers., June 20, 1998

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This review is from: Thinker As Artist: From Homer To Plato & Aristotle (Paperback)

No serious student of the Western tradition should fail to have a copy of this book on his or her shelf. Anastaplo possesses one of this century's keenest intellects. Currently a law professor in Chicago, Anastaplo is, perhaps, best remembered for his brave stand against the Illinois Bar. Important reading.