Kevin Crotty

Philosopher's Song

The Poets' Influence on Plato

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Produktbeschreibung

The Philosopher's Song explores the complex and fruitful relation between the great poets of Greek culture and Plato's invention of philosophy, especially as this bears on Plato's treatment of justice. The author shows how the poets helped shape the development of Plato's thinking throughout the course of his philosophical career.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 593g
• ISBN-13: 9780739144060
• ISBN-10: 0739144065
• Artikelnr.: 27429531

Autorenporträt

Kevin Crotty

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part One
Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Achilles' Insight: Poetic and Moral Consciousness in
Homer
Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Poetics of Justice: Aeschylus' Oresteia and
Plato's Republic
Part 4 Part Two
Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Socrates' Intellectual Crisis: The Phaedo
Chapter 6 Chapter 4. The Greatest Charge Against Mimetic Poetry
Part 7 Part Three
Chapter 8 Chapter 5. The Metaphysics of Fallibility: The Sophist
Chapter 9 Chapter 6. The Statesman: The Tragedy of Politics and the Shape
of Plato's Thought