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Author Apfel, Lauren J. (Lauren Jena), 1977-

Title The advent of pluralism : diversity and conflict in the age of Sophocles / by Lauren J. Apfel
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages)
Series Oxford classical monographs
Oxford classical monographs.
Contents Introduction : pluralism and the Greeks -- Pluralism and Protagoras : the plurality of truth -- Plato's Protagoras : the plurality of value in the sophistic age -- Pluralism and history -- Pluralism in the Histories -- Pluralism and tragedy -- Ajax : moral certainty -- Antigone and Electra : moral conflict -- Philoctetes : moral complexity
Summary In this study of the relationship between a modern philosophical idea and an ancient historical moment, Lauren Apfel explores how the notion of pluralism, made famous by Isaiah Berlin, features in the classical Greek world and, more specifically, in the thought of three of its most prominent figures: Protagoras, Herodotus, and Sophocles
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Protagoras.
Herodotus.
Sophocles.
Protagoras.
Herodotus.
Sophocles.
Pluralism -- History
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
Pluralism.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
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