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Informationen zum Autor Pierre Destrée , PhD (1994) in Philosophy, University of Louvain, is Research Associate at the Fonds belge de la Recherche Scientifique, and Associate Professor at the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve). His publications include articles in Greek ethics, and aesthetics. He has co-edited (with Ch. Bobonich) Akrasia in Greek Philosophy (Brill 2007) and (with Carole Talon-Hugon), Art et morale. Approches Historiques (Editions Obaldia) 2011. Fritz-Gregor Herrmann PhD (1999) in Classics, University of Edinburgh, is Reader in Ancient Philosophy and Literature at Swansea University. His publications include Words and Ideas. The roots of Plato's Philosophy (Classical Press of Wales 2007). He has edited New Essays on Plato. Language and thought in Fourth-Century Greek Philosophy (Classical Press of Wales 2006) and co-edited (with Douglas Cairns and Terry Penner) Pursuing the Good. Ethics and metaphysics in Plato's Republic (Edinburgh University Press 2007). Contributors: Elizabeth Belfiore, Stefan Büttner, Carlotta Capuccino, Catherine Collobert, Francisco J, Gonzalez, Stephen Halliwell, Antony Hatzistavrou, Gabriel Richardson Lear, Jera Marusic, Glenn W. Most, Penelope Murray, Noburu Notomi, Elisabeth Pender, Suzanne Sauvé Meyer, Gretchen Reydams-Schils, Dominic Scott, Rachel Singpurwalla. Klappentext The nineteen essays presented here aim to illuminate the ways poetry and the poets are discussed by Plato throughout his writing career. As well as throwing new light on old topics, such as mimesis and poetic inspiration, the volume introduces fresh approaches to Plato's philosophy of poetry and literature. Chapter 1. What Ancient Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry? Glenn W. Most; Chapter 2. Poetry and Rhetoric in Plato's Gorgias; Fritz-Gregor Herrmann; Chapter 3. Poetry as Flawed Reproduction: Possession and Mimesis; Catherine Collobert; Chapter 4. Plato's Ion and the Ethics of Praise; Carlotta Capuccino; Chapter 5. The Hermeneutics of Madness: Poet and Philosopher in Plato's Ion, and Phaedrus; Francisco J. Gonzalez; Chapter 6. Inspiration and Inspired Poets in Plato's Dialogues; Stefan Buttner; Chapter 7. Plato, Poetry and Creativity; Dominic Scott; Chapter 8. Poets at the Symposium; Elisabeth Belfiore; Chapter 9. Tragedy, Women and the Family in Plato's Republic; Penelope Murray; Chapter 10. Mimesis and Psychological Change in Republic III; Gabriel Richardson Lear; Chapter 11. Poets and Mimesis in the Republic; Jera Marusic; Chapter 12. Antidotes and Incantations: is there a Cure for Poetry in Plato's Republic? Stephen Halliwell; Chapter 13. Tragedy, Pity and Thumos in the Republic; Pierre Destree; Chapter 14. Soul Division and Mimesis in Republic X; Rachel Singpurwalla; Chapter 15. Image-making in Republic X and the Sophist; Noburu Notomi; Chapter 16. A transfer of Energy: Lyric Eros in Phaedrus; Elisabeth Pender; Chapter 17. Myth and Poetry in the Timaeus; Gretchen Reydams-Schils; Chapter 18. Correctness' and Poetic Knowledge: Choric Poetry in the Laws; Antony Hatzistavrou; Chapter 19. Legislation as a Tragedy: on Plato's Laws VII, 817b-d; Suzanne Sauve-Meyer ...
