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table of contents
  1. Preface: Inspiration in the Weight Room
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Part I: Setting Goals with Socrates
    1. 1. Bravery: Laches
    2. 2. Discipline: Charmides
    3. 3. Friendship: Lysis
    4. 4. Justice: Republic 1
    5. 5. Wisdom: Apology
  4. Part II: Personal Training with Plato
    1. 6. Drinking Games: Symposium 172a-199c
    2. 7. Mysteries of Love: Symposium 199c-212c
    3. 8. Music, Gymnastics, and Moral Development: Republic 2–4
    4. 9. Women at the Gym: Republic 5–7
    5. 10. Justice as Civic and Mental Health: Republic 8–10
  5. Part III: Aristotle’s Elite Performers
    1. 11. A Sketch of the Good Life: NE 1
    2. 12. Training: NE 2–3
    3. 13. Greatness of Spirit: NE 4
    4. 14. Sportsmanship and Thinking on One’s Feet: NE 5–6
    5. 15. Enjoying Discipline: NE 7
    6. 16. Gym Buddies: NE 8–9
    7. 17. Aspiring to Immortality: NE 10
  6. Epilogue: Greek Philosophy beyond the Gym
  7. Notes
  8. Bibliography
  9. Index

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First published 2024 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kenyon, Erik, 1980– author.

Title: Philosophy at the gymnasium / Erik Kenyon.

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023051974 (print) | LCCN 2023051975 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501776748 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501776755 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501776762 (epub) | ISBN 9781501776779 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Philosophy, Ancient. | Philosophy, Ancient—Study and teaching. | Conduct of life—Study and teaching. | Mind and body—Philosophy. | Athletics—Greece—History—To 1500. | Physical education and training—Greece—History—To 1500.

Classification: LCC B171 .K37 2024 (print) | LCC B171 (ebook) | DDC 183—dc23/eng/20240308

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023051974

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023051975

Cover image: Jar (pelike) with a scene of athletic training, the Eucharides Painter, Greek, late Archaic Period, about 500–490 BC. Accession: 2004.74, © Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

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