{"product_id":"listening-to-the-philosophers-notes-on-notes-hardback-9781501774751","title":"Listening to the Philosophers; Notes on Notes (Hardback) 9781501774751","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eListening to the Philosophers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNotes on Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaffaella Cribiore (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501774751\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e[This book] provides definitive scholarly evidence for what little we can know about the experience of ancient students of philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eListening to the Philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e is a typical Cribiore product: fearless, insightful, lucid, and thought-provoking.\u003c\/p\u003e (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eListening to the Philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e offers the first comprehensive look into how philosophy was taught in antiquity through a stimulating study of lectures by ancient philosophers that were recorded by their students.\u003c\/b\u003e Raffaella Cribiore shows how the study of notes—whether Philodemus of Gadara's notes of Zeno's lectures in the first century BCE, or Arrian recording the Discourses of Epictetus in the second century CE, or the students of Didymus the Blind in the fourth century and Olympiodorus in the sixth century—can enable us to understand the methods and practices of what was an orally conducted education. By considering the pedagogical and mnemonic role of notetaking in ancient education, Listening to the Philosophers demonstrates how in antiquity the written and the spoken worlds were intimately intertwined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Orality and Note-Taking\u003cbr\u003e 1. Notes and Notetakers\u003cbr\u003e 2. Taking Notes in Class\u003cbr\u003e 3. Students' Annotations in Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Notae of Stenographers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Epictetus as an Educatorand a Man\u003cbr\u003e 6. Epictetus and the World of Culture\u003cbr\u003e 7. Introduction: AncientCommentaries\u003cbr\u003e 8. Notes from Athens: Philodemus On Frank Criticism\u003cbr\u003e 9. Taking Notes in the School ofDidymus the Blind\u003cbr\u003e 10. Listening to Olympiodorus\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Authentic Philosopher's Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52608270008600,"sku":"9781501774751","price":86.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/listening-to-the-philosophers-notes-on-notes-hardback-9781501774751","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}