paideia
(παιδεια)
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education, culture |
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education, culture; the programme of traditional Hellenic education based on imitation of the Homeric exemplars; Plato initiated a philosophically oriented paideia that challenged the traditional pattern of poetically sanctioned culture and shifted the emphasis from body to soul (see: W.Jaeger Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, Oxford University Press, 1943, 3 vols.). |
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The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys |
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