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Article: The New Acropolis Museum: banal, sloppy, badly detailed sophistry.
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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The Parthenon, the centrepiece of Athens' Acropolis temple complex, was rebuilt in the heyday of the Athenian state in the 440s BC, following its earlier destruction by the Persians. It was only decades old when Plato was writing his philosophical dialogues a couple of miles down the road. Both works went on to become influential beyond measure, underpinning the foundations of western civilization.
Architecture is one of the disciplines shaped by Platonic thought, but unfortunately one of Plato's later dialogues, The Sophist, does not appear to have made an impact. In this, Plato warns against sophistry as a way of reasoning. Not always meant to deceive, sophistry ...