Nickolas Pappas
Biographic Data
| ID | 1056296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nickolas Pappas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nickolas |
| FAMILY NAME | Pappas |
| SIGNATURE | PAPPAS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4386-4522 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Zacharoula Petraki
Making Sense of Myth
Hippocrates at Phaedrus 270c
At Plato's Phaedrus 270c, Socrates asks whether one can know souls without knowing ‘the whole.’ Phaedrus answers that ‘according to Hippocrates’ the same demand on knowing the whole applies to bodies. What parallel is intended between soul‐knowledge and body‐knowledge and which medical passages illustrate the analogy have been much debated. Three dominant interpretations read ‘the whole’ as respectively (1) environment, (2) kosmos , and (3) indiv…
Improvisatory Rhetoric in the Menexenus
Philosopher's New Clothes
The Philosopher's New Clothes
This book takes a new approach to the question, "Is the philosopher to be seen as universal human being or as eccentric?". Through a reading of the Theaetetus, Pappas first considers how we identify philosophers – how do they appear, in particular how do they dress? The book moves to modern philosophical treatments of fashion, and of "anti-fashion". He argues that aspects of the fashion/anti-fashion debate apply to antiquity, indeed that nudity a…
Nietzsche's Apollo
Nietzsche's account of Apollo and the Apollinian in The Birth of Tragedy contains underappreciated distortions. Apollinian moments in some tragedies are described as Dionysian. The Apollo seen in BT fails to interpret dreams (indeed this book renders dreams impervious to interpretation) and scarcely prophesies. Most important, Nietzsche's vision of the Apollinian as surface and bounded plane image denies Greek uses of sculpture in just the opposi…
The Routledge Guidebook to Platos Republic Routledge Guides to the Great Books
Plato and the Republic
Part 1 Plato and the Republic 1. Plato and the Repulic Part 2 The ARgument of the Republic 2. What is Justice? (Book 1) 3. What good is justice? (Books 1-2) 4. Justice in the city (books 2-4) 5. Justice in the Soul (Book 4) 6. Radical Politics (Books 5-7) 7. Metaphysics and epistemology (books 5-7) 8. Injustice in the soul and in the city (books 8-9) 9. Art and Immortality (book 10) Part 3 General Issues 10. Plato's Ethics and Politics 11. PLato'…
The Routledge Guidebook to Plato's Republic
Plato, often cited as a founding father of Western philosophy, set out ideas in the Republic regarding the nature of justice, order, and the character of the just individual, that endure into the modern day. The Routledge Guidebook to Plato’s Republic introduces the major themes in Plato’s great book and acts as a companion for reading the work, examining: The context of Plato’s work and the background to his writing Each separate part of the tex…
Plato on Poetry
A passage in Plato's Laws (719c) offers a fresh look at Plato's theory of poetry and art. Only here does Plato call poetry both mimêsis "imitation, representation," and the product of enthousiasmos "inspiration, possession." The Republic and Sophist examine poetic imitation; the Ion and Phaedrus (with passages in Apology and Meno) develop a theory of artistic inspiration; but Plato does not confront the two descriptions together outside this para…
The Nick of Time
Book Review| April 01 2006 The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the UntimelyGrosz, Elizabeth Nickolas Pappas Nickolas Pappas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Journal of Nietzsche Studies (2006) 31 (1): 69–71. https://doi.org/10.2307/20717876 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Nickolas Pappas; The Nick of Time: Politics…
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Republic
Plato is one of the most important figures in Western thought; the Republic is his most important, and most widely studied, work. This GuideBook will steer the reader clearly through this work.Plato and the Republic will introduce and assess:* Plato's life and the background to the Republic* The text and ideas of the Republic* Plato's continuing importance to Western thoughtIdeal for students coming to Plato for the first time, this GuideBook wil…
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Republic
Plato is one of the most important figures in Western thought; the Republic is his most important, and most widely studied, work. This GuideBook will steer the reader clearly through this work. Plato and the Republic will introduce and assess: * Plato's life and the background to the Republic * The text and ideas of the Republic * Plato's continuing importance to Western thought Ideal for students coming to Plato for the first time, this GuideBoo…
Routledge philosophy guidebook to Plato and the Republic
Essays on Aristotle's Poetics
Plato on Justice and Power
Preface - Introduction: 'Turning the Soul Around' - DRAMATIC CHARACTERISATION - Old Recipes about Justice - Thrasymachus on Justice and Power - The Function of 'Thrasymachus' in Plato's Text - THE ARGUMENT - Defining Justice - Limits on the Just - Power, Skill and Ruling - Excellence and the Motivational Structure of the Just - Socrates Sketches the 'Power' of Justice - Conclusion: The Socratic Vision - Notes - Bibliography - Index
Plato's Ion
Today Plato's Ion , thought one of his weaker works, gets little attention. But in the past it has had its admirers–in 1821, for example, Percy Bysshe Shelley translated it into English. Shelley, like other Romantic readers of Plato, was drawn to the Ion's account of divine inspiration in poetry. He recommended the dialogue to Thomas Love Peacock as a reply to the latter's Four Ages of Poetry: Shelley thought the Ion would refute Peacock's charge…
Nietzsche's Apollo
Nietzsche's account of Apollo and the Apollinian in The Birth of Tragedy contains underappreciated distortions. Apollinian moments in some tragedies are described as Dionysian. The Apollo seen in BT fails to interpret dreams (indeed this book renders dreams impervious to interpretation) and scarcely prophesies. Most important, Nietzsche's vision of the Apollinian as surface and bounded plane image denies Greek uses of sculpture in just the opposi…
Plato's Ion
Today Plato's Ion , thought one of his weaker works, gets little attention. But in the past it has had its admirers–in 1821, for example, Percy Bysshe Shelley translated it into English. Shelley, like other Romantic readers of Plato, was drawn to the Ion's account of divine inspiration in poetry. He recommended the dialogue to Thomas Love Peacock as a reply to the latter's Four Ages of Poetry: Shelley thought the Ion would refute Peacock's charge…
Plato on Justice and Power
Preface - Introduction: 'Turning the Soul Around' - DRAMATIC CHARACTERISATION - Old Recipes about Justice - Thrasymachus on Justice and Power - The Function of 'Thrasymachus' in Plato's Text - THE ARGUMENT - Defining Justice - Limits on the Just - Power, Skill and Ruling - Excellence and the Motivational Structure of the Just - Socrates Sketches the 'Power' of Justice - Conclusion: The Socratic Vision - Notes - Bibliography - Index
Essays on Aristotle's Poetics
Routledge philosophy guidebook to Plato and the Republic
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Republic
Plato is one of the most important figures in Western thought; the Republic is his most important, and most widely studied, work. This GuideBook will steer the reader clearly through this work. Plato and the Republic will introduce and assess: * Plato's life and the background to the Republic * The text and ideas of the Republic * Plato's continuing importance to Western thought Ideal for students coming to Plato for the first time, this GuideBoo…
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Republic
Plato is one of the most important figures in Western thought; the Republic is his most important, and most widely studied, work. This GuideBook will steer the reader clearly through this work.Plato and the Republic will introduce and assess:* Plato's life and the background to the Republic* The text and ideas of the Republic* Plato's continuing importance to Western thoughtIdeal for students coming to Plato for the first time, this GuideBook wil…
The Nick of Time
Book Review| April 01 2006 The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the UntimelyGrosz, Elizabeth Nickolas Pappas Nickolas Pappas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Journal of Nietzsche Studies (2006) 31 (1): 69–71. https://doi.org/10.2307/20717876 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Nickolas Pappas; The Nick of Time: Politics…
Plato on Poetry
A passage in Plato's Laws (719c) offers a fresh look at Plato's theory of poetry and art. Only here does Plato call poetry both mimêsis "imitation, representation," and the product of enthousiasmos "inspiration, possession." The Republic and Sophist examine poetic imitation; the Ion and Phaedrus (with passages in Apology and Meno) develop a theory of artistic inspiration; but Plato does not confront the two descriptions together outside this para…
The Routledge Guidebook to Platos Republic Routledge Guides to the Great Books
Plato and the Republic
Part 1 Plato and the Republic 1. Plato and the Repulic Part 2 The ARgument of the Republic 2. What is Justice? (Book 1) 3. What good is justice? (Books 1-2) 4. Justice in the city (books 2-4) 5. Justice in the Soul (Book 4) 6. Radical Politics (Books 5-7) 7. Metaphysics and epistemology (books 5-7) 8. Injustice in the soul and in the city (books 8-9) 9. Art and Immortality (book 10) Part 3 General Issues 10. Plato's Ethics and Politics 11. PLato'…
The Routledge Guidebook to Plato's Republic
Plato, often cited as a founding father of Western philosophy, set out ideas in the Republic regarding the nature of justice, order, and the character of the just individual, that endure into the modern day. The Routledge Guidebook to Plato’s Republic introduces the major themes in Plato’s great book and acts as a companion for reading the work, examining: The context of Plato’s work and the background to his writing Each separate part of the tex…
Nietzsche's Apollo
Nietzsche's account of Apollo and the Apollinian in The Birth of Tragedy contains underappreciated distortions. Apollinian moments in some tragedies are described as Dionysian. The Apollo seen in BT fails to interpret dreams (indeed this book renders dreams impervious to interpretation) and scarcely prophesies. Most important, Nietzsche's vision of the Apollinian as surface and bounded plane image denies Greek uses of sculpture in just the opposi…
The Philosopher's New Clothes
This book takes a new approach to the question, "Is the philosopher to be seen as universal human being or as eccentric?". Through a reading of the Theaetetus, Pappas first considers how we identify philosophers – how do they appear, in particular how do they dress? The book moves to modern philosophical treatments of fashion, and of "anti-fashion". He argues that aspects of the fashion/anti-fashion debate apply to antiquity, indeed that nudity a…
Philosopher's New Clothes
Improvisatory Rhetoric in the Menexenus
Hippocrates at Phaedrus 270c
At Plato's Phaedrus 270c, Socrates asks whether one can know souls without knowing ‘the whole.’ Phaedrus answers that ‘according to Hippocrates’ the same demand on knowing the whole applies to bodies. What parallel is intended between soul‐knowledge and body‐knowledge and which medical passages illustrate the analogy have been much debated. Three dominant interpretations read ‘the whole’ as respectively (1) environment, (2) kosmos , and (3) indiv…
Making Sense of Myth
Zacharoula Petraki
Classical Philosophy and Thought (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Art (8 works) · Literature (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Poetry (3 works)