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Paideia: los ideales de la cultura griega
Each volume was conceived as an independent unit, [Vol 1-Archaic Greece, The Mind of Athens; Vol 2-In Search of the Divine Centre; Vol 3-The Conflict of Cultural Ideas in the Age of Plato], taken together they constitute a monumental integrated survey of the whole Greek cultural tradition in the early & classical periods. A profound & timeless study of the foundation of Western Civilization.
1151 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1933
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Werner Wilhelm Jaeger
70 books53 followersJaeger attended school at Lobberich and at the Gymnasium Thomaeum in Kempen Jaeger studied at the University of Marburg and University of Berlin. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1911 for a dissertation on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. His habilitation was on Nemesios of Emesa (1914). Only 26 years old, Jaeger was called to a professorship with chair at the University of Basel in Switzerland. One year later he moved to a similar position at Kiel, and in 1921 he returned to Berlin. Jaeger remained in Berlin until 1936, when he emigrated to the United States because he was unhappy with Adolf Hitler's regime. Jaeger expressed his veiled disapproval with Humanistische Reden und Vortraege (1937) and his book on Demosthenes (1938) based on his Sather lecture from 1934. Jaeger's messages were fully understood in German university circles; the ardent Nazi followers sharply attacked Jaeger.
In the United States, Jaeger worked as a full professor at the University of Chicago from 1936 to 1939, at which time he moved to Harvard University to continue his edition of the Church father Gregory of Nyssa on which he started before World War I. Jaeger remained in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until his death. The Canadian philosopher James Doull was among his students at Harvard.
Jaeger wrote two dissertations, one in Latin and one in German, on Aristotle's Metaphysics. Jaeger's edition of the Metaphysics was printed in 1957. Only two years after editing Gregory of Nyssa's Contra Eunomium (1921), Jaeger became famous with his groundbreaking study on Aristotle in 1923 which largely remained undisputed until the 1960s.
Jaeger founded two journals: Die Antike (1925–1944) and the influential review journal Gnomon (since 1925).
Jaeger was the editor of the church father Gregory of Nyssa, Gregorii Nysseni Opera, editing Gregory's major work Contra Eunomium (1921, 1960). This edition is a major scholarly achievement and the philological foundation of the current studies on the Cappadocian Fathers.
Jaeger is perhaps best known for his multivolume work "Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture", an extensive consideration of both the earliest practices and later philosophical reflections on the cultural nature of education in Ancient Greece, which he hoped would restore a decadent early 20th century Europe to the values of its Hellenic origins.
Jaeger's last lecture, Early Christianity and Greek Paideia (1961) is a very impressive summary of his life's work covering Greek philology, philosophy and theology from Homer, the Presocratic philosophers, Plato to the Church Fathers, roughly a thousand years.
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In the United States, Jaeger worked as a full professor at the University of Chicago from 1936 to 1939, at which time he moved to Harvard University to continue his edition of the Church father Gregory of Nyssa on which he started before World War I. Jaeger remained in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until his death. The Canadian philosopher James Doull was among his students at Harvard.
Jaeger wrote two dissertations, one in Latin and one in German, on Aristotle's Metaphysics. Jaeger's edition of the Metaphysics was printed in 1957. Only two years after editing Gregory of Nyssa's Contra Eunomium (1921), Jaeger became famous with his groundbreaking study on Aristotle in 1923 which largely remained undisputed until the 1960s.
Jaeger founded two journals: Die Antike (1925–1944) and the influential review journal Gnomon (since 1925).
Jaeger was the editor of the church father Gregory of Nyssa, Gregorii Nysseni Opera, editing Gregory's major work Contra Eunomium (1921, 1960). This edition is a major scholarly achievement and the philological foundation of the current studies on the Cappadocian Fathers.
Jaeger is perhaps best known for his multivolume work "Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture", an extensive consideration of both the earliest practices and later philosophical reflections on the cultural nature of education in Ancient Greece, which he hoped would restore a decadent early 20th century Europe to the values of its Hellenic origins.
Jaeger's last lecture, Early Christianity and Greek Paideia (1961) is a very impressive summary of his life's work covering Greek philology, philosophy and theology from Homer, the Presocratic philosophers, Plato to the Church Fathers, roughly a thousand years.
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July 18, 2015
The summer before starting at Loyola I spent a lot of time up at grandmother's cottage in SW Michigan. The nearest town, Bridgman, was just starting its first library in what had been, long ago, the town's bank. Excited by the prospect, I stopped by, introduced myself to the head librarian, Ms. Roth, and asked if she needed help setting up.
She did. Not having a large budget, they had put in an appeal for donations. The back of the place was piled high with books, most of them garbage. I offered to separate the wheat from the chaff. She agreed.
Amongst the gothic romances and condensed books were some treasures, most notably in the fields of classics and ancient history and philosophy. I imagined that some amateur classicist had died, his wife bringing the stuff over, relieved to get it out of the house. There was quite a lot. These, I urged Ms. Roth to retain.
Retain them she did--most of them. Some, however, she felt too weighty for any prospective readership, so she let me take what I wanted. Take I did. Jaeger's and Gomperz' sets being the two greatest treasures of my haul.
She did. Not having a large budget, they had put in an appeal for donations. The back of the place was piled high with books, most of them garbage. I offered to separate the wheat from the chaff. She agreed.
Amongst the gothic romances and condensed books were some treasures, most notably in the fields of classics and ancient history and philosophy. I imagined that some amateur classicist had died, his wife bringing the stuff over, relieved to get it out of the house. There was quite a lot. These, I urged Ms. Roth to retain.
Retain them she did--most of them. Some, however, she felt too weighty for any prospective readership, so she let me take what I wanted. Take I did. Jaeger's and Gomperz' sets being the two greatest treasures of my haul.
July 4, 2022
The first men that believe in the humanism, the origin of it... The great force of the spirit of the humanity found in the deep roots of the community for life... connections of spiritual and social life... everything comes together, like a love letter, to understand Paideia in Jaeger's book.
After two months, a lot of necessary rereads of Athenian tragedies, and a lot of rereads of the same lines and pages of his book, I finally finished and the feel is as if I had traveled to the past and listened to Homer and Plato. Jaeger was in love with Greek culture, ancient and actual I think, because he never said something disrespectful, so common in scholars, and throughout the book, he always returns to thoughts of deep love and respect for the beliefs and ways of thinking of the Greeks at every social and artistic stage.
Having read this book has been perhaps the best thing I have done for myself, I cannot explain the million new ways of understanding the tragedies, the epic, and the Greek spirit itself that I have now, everything is a huge world that connects and weaves together, and thanks to Jaeger it is a little clearer and much larger.
After two months, a lot of necessary rereads of Athenian tragedies, and a lot of rereads of the same lines and pages of his book, I finally finished and the feel is as if I had traveled to the past and listened to Homer and Plato. Jaeger was in love with Greek culture, ancient and actual I think, because he never said something disrespectful, so common in scholars, and throughout the book, he always returns to thoughts of deep love and respect for the beliefs and ways of thinking of the Greeks at every social and artistic stage.
Having read this book has been perhaps the best thing I have done for myself, I cannot explain the million new ways of understanding the tragedies, the epic, and the Greek spirit itself that I have now, everything is a huge world that connects and weaves together, and thanks to Jaeger it is a little clearer and much larger.
May 26, 2017
Jaeger's brilliant insight was to explore the growth of Hellenic culture by emphasizing the role of education. It is a profound perspective that links the earliest Archaic poetry to the sophisticated philosophy of Plato. After reading more than a thousand pages, when one finishes the chapter on Demosthenes and the triumph of Macedonia, one's understanding of Greek civilization hasn't been transformed so much as it has been broadened through a deep synthesis which connects desperate elements into an illuminating whole.
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June 28, 2014از آن کتاب های کم یاب است!! خیلی دلم می خواد بخوانمش و همچنین پیدا کنم و بخرمش!
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June 13, 2014Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, 3 Vols
by Werner Wilhelm Jaeger, Gilbert Highet (translator)
4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 · rating details · 45 ratings · 1 review
Each volume was conceived as an independent unit, [Vol 1--Archaic Greece, The Mind of Athens; Vol 2--In Search of the Divine Centre; Vol 3--The Conflict of Cultural Ideas in the Age of Plato]; taken together, they constitute a monumental integrated survey of the whole Greek cultural tradition in the early & classical periods. A profound & timeless study of the foundation of Western Civilization.
PAIDEIA : A FORMAÇÃO DO HOMEM GREGO / WERNER JAEGER ; TRAD. DE ARTUR M. PARREIRA
AUTOR(ES): Jaeger, Werner Wilhelm; Parreia, Artur M., trad.
PUBLICAÇÃO: Lisboa : Aster, 1979
by Werner Wilhelm Jaeger, Gilbert Highet (translator)
4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 · rating details · 45 ratings · 1 review
Each volume was conceived as an independent unit, [Vol 1--Archaic Greece, The Mind of Athens; Vol 2--In Search of the Divine Centre; Vol 3--The Conflict of Cultural Ideas in the Age of Plato]; taken together, they constitute a monumental integrated survey of the whole Greek cultural tradition in the early & classical periods. A profound & timeless study of the foundation of Western Civilization.
PAIDEIA : A FORMAÇÃO DO HOMEM GREGO / WERNER JAEGER ; TRAD. DE ARTUR M. PARREIRA
AUTOR(ES): Jaeger, Werner Wilhelm; Parreia, Artur M., trad.
PUBLICAÇÃO: Lisboa : Aster, 1979
November 30, 2022
"Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written" (Thoreau). This series demands your full attention. It is a staggering work of a brilliant scholar that provides rich insight into the birth of culture in Periclean Athens. It is a series that is full of treasures and insight that will grow with you. I recommend it as essential reading for any scholar building a foundation of understanding of western civilization.
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September 7, 2016Ho approfondito solo le sezioni inerenti al tema della mia tesi di laurea, ma credo di poter dire che si tratti di un volume imprescindibile sul tema della Paideia.
December 9, 2024
Das Buch Paideia. Die Formung des Griechischen Menschen von Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) widmet sich der Entwicklung der griechischen Erziehung und Bildung, die nicht nur ein Spiegel der kulturellen und politischen Veränderungen ist, sondern auch Ausdruck eines grundlegenden Strebens nach der Formung des Menschen. Jaeger zeichnet den Weg dieses Bildungsideals von der homerischen Heldenethik, geprägt durch die Arete des Einzelnen, über die spartanische Staatszucht und die bürgerliche Tugend der Polis bis hin zur philosophischen Erkenntnis des Guten bei Sokrates und Platon. Dabei eröffnet er einen facettenreichen Blick auf die verschiedenen Epochen und gesellschaftlichen Gruppen, die dieses Streben nach Bildung geprägt und weiterentwickelt haben.
Im Zentrum von Jaegers Analyse stehen die wechselnden Ideale und Erziehungspraktiken, die untrennbar mit den politischen und sozialen Strukturen der griechischen Welt verwoben sind. Er beleuchtet die entscheidende Rolle von Poesie, Musik und Philosophie für die Herausbildung der Paideia, jenes umfassenden Bildungskonzepts, das die geistige und moralische Formung des Menschen zum Ziel hat. Jaegers Buch wird so zu einer tiefgründigen Untersuchung der kulturellen Errungenschaften Griechenlands, die die Grundlage für das humanistische Bildungsideal Europas legten.
Im Zentrum von Jaegers Analyse stehen die wechselnden Ideale und Erziehungspraktiken, die untrennbar mit den politischen und sozialen Strukturen der griechischen Welt verwoben sind. Er beleuchtet die entscheidende Rolle von Poesie, Musik und Philosophie für die Herausbildung der Paideia, jenes umfassenden Bildungskonzepts, das die geistige und moralische Formung des Menschen zum Ziel hat. Jaegers Buch wird so zu einer tiefgründigen Untersuchung der kulturellen Errungenschaften Griechenlands, die die Grundlage für das humanistische Bildungsideal Europas legten.
January 3, 2023
Espectacular.
February 11, 2024
Obra de referencia para entender la cultura clásica.
September 29, 2025
Esse livro é uma verdadeira enciclopédia sobre a Grécia antiga!
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October 5, 2025no l'he llegit sencer pero crec que es suficient💜
March 25, 2023
"Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture" is a three-volume work written by German classicist Werner Jaeger, first published in 1933. The book provides a comprehensive study of ancient Greek education and its role in shaping the ideals of Greek culture.
Jaeger argues that the ancient Greeks placed a high value on education and that it was central to their concept of human excellence. He examines the educational institutions of ancient Greece, including the gymnasia and the academies, and analyzes the curriculum of the Greek schools, which included grammar, rhetoric, music, and philosophy.
Jaeger also explores the development of Greek thought and culture, tracing its origins in the archaic period through the Classical period and into the Hellenistic era. He examines the works of Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, and discusses the influence of Greek culture on later periods of Western history.
The book is characterized by its erudition, its depth of analysis, and its expansive scope. Jaeger draws on a wide range of ancient sources, including literary texts, inscriptions, and archaeological evidence, and provides a detailed and nuanced portrait of ancient Greek culture and its ideals.
Overall, "Paideia" is considered a classic work in the field of ancient Greek studies, and has had a profound influence on the study of Greek culture and education.
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Jaeger argues that the ancient Greeks placed a high value on education and that it was central to their concept of human excellence. He examines the educational institutions of ancient Greece, including the gymnasia and the academies, and analyzes the curriculum of the Greek schools, which included grammar, rhetoric, music, and philosophy.
Jaeger also explores the development of Greek thought and culture, tracing its origins in the archaic period through the Classical period and into the Hellenistic era. He examines the works of Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, and discusses the influence of Greek culture on later periods of Western history.
The book is characterized by its erudition, its depth of analysis, and its expansive scope. Jaeger draws on a wide range of ancient sources, including literary texts, inscriptions, and archaeological evidence, and provides a detailed and nuanced portrait of ancient Greek culture and its ideals.
Overall, "Paideia" is considered a classic work in the field of ancient Greek studies, and has had a profound influence on the study of Greek culture and education.
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October 12, 2016Cuando los americanos ocuparon Leipzig yo estaba estudiando los volúmenes 2 y 3 recién publicados de la obra Paideia de Werner Jaeger — también cosa rara, que esta obra de un «emigrante» escrita en alemán y publicada en una editorial alemana pudiera aparecer en los peores años de la guerra—. ¿Guerra total?
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August 31, 2017
How the Greeks lived?
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April 24, 2018Demasiado. No pude acabarlo, más por pereza que por el libro en si.
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