Women in the Academy
Subtitle: Dialogues on Themes from Plato's Republic
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Published: September 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780872206014
Subjects: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy; Sociology; Plato; Philosophy; Women; Women's Studies - General; Movements - General; Plato.; Republic
Description: Reeves (philosophy, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) wrote and presented these dialogues as part of a humanities course at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. The dialogues, which touch on many of the philosophical themes of Plato's Republic, take place between the two women students reputed to be members of Plato's Academy and Plato, their fellow students, and Aristotle.