Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen

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book scholarly work work of classical philology

Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen is Werner Jaeger’s influential multi-volume study of ancient Greek culture, education, and intellectual life, exploring how the Greeks shaped the ideal of the human being.

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Label	Occurrences
Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture	2
Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen canonical	1

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Target entity: Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen
Context triple: [Werner Jaeger, notableWork, Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen]

A. The Paideia Proposal
The Paideia Proposal is an educational manifesto by philosopher Mortimer J. Adler advocating a rigorous, liberal arts–centered curriculum for all students in a democratic society.
B. Paideia
Paideia is Reed College’s distinctive, student-driven festival of learning featuring informal classes, workshops, and events on a wide range of academic and non-academic topics.
C. The Virtuous Athenian
The Virtuous Athenian is a neoclassical painting by French artist Joseph-Marie Vien that exemplifies his revival of classical themes and moral virtue in 18th-century art.
D. The Virtuous City
The Virtuous City is a foundational philosophical treatise by Al-Farabi that outlines his vision of an ideal, rationally ordered society governed by a virtuous ruler.
E. Method and Politics in Plato’s Statesman
Method and Politics in Plato’s Statesman is a scholarly monograph by political theorist Melissa Lane that offers a detailed philosophical and political interpretation of Plato’s dialogue the Statesman.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen
Target entity description: Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen is Werner Jaeger’s influential multi-volume study of ancient Greek culture, education, and intellectual life, exploring how the Greeks shaped the ideal of the human being.

A. The Paideia Proposal
The Paideia Proposal is an educational manifesto by philosopher Mortimer J. Adler advocating a rigorous, liberal arts–centered curriculum for all students in a democratic society.
B. Paideia
Paideia is Reed College’s distinctive, student-driven festival of learning featuring informal classes, workshops, and events on a wide range of academic and non-academic topics.
C. The Virtuous Athenian
The Virtuous Athenian is a neoclassical painting by French artist Joseph-Marie Vien that exemplifies his revival of classical themes and moral virtue in 18th-century art.
D. The Virtuous City
The Virtuous City is a foundational philosophical treatise by Al-Farabi that outlines his vision of an ideal, rationally ordered society governed by a virtuous ruler.
E. Method and Politics in Plato’s Statesman
Method and Politics in Plato’s Statesman is a scholarly monograph by political theorist Melissa Lane that offers a detailed philosophical and political interpretation of Plato’s dialogue the Statesman.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	book ⓘ scholarly work ⓘ work of classical philology ⓘ
academicDiscipline	classical studies ⓘ education studies ⓘ history ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
aimsTo	show how Greeks shaped an ideal of the human being ⓘ
author	Werner Jaeger ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
discusses	Greek philosophers ⓘ Greek poets ⓘ Greek political thought ⓘ Homeric Greece ⓘ linked to: Mycenaean civilization classical Athens ⓘ
field	classical philology ⓘ classics ⓘ educational theory ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ
focusesOn	development of Greek humanism ⓘ formation of Greek character and ideals ⓘ relationship between culture and education in Greece ⓘ
genre	cultural history ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ philosophy of education ⓘ
hasEnglishEdition	Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture ⓘ linked to: Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen
hasPart	first volume of Paideia ⓘ second volume of Paideia ⓘ third volume of Paideia ⓘ
influenced	20th-century scholarship on Greek paideia ⓘ modern interpretations of Greek humanism ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
mainSubject	ancient Greek culture ⓘ ancient Greek education ⓘ concept of paideia ⓘ ideal of the human being in Greek thought ⓘ intellectual history of ancient Greece ⓘ
notableFor	comprehensive treatment of Greek paideia ⓘ influence on classical studies ⓘ influence on the study of ancient education ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	3 ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
publicationPeriod	1930s ⓘ
titleTranslation	Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture ⓘ linked to: Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen

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Werner Jaeger → notableWork → Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen ⓘ

Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen → titleTranslation → Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture ⓘ

linked to: Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen

Paideia: Die Formung des griechischen Menschen → hasEnglishEdition → Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture ⓘ