The Philosopher's Song - The Poets' Influence on Plato

Informationen zum Autor Kevin Crotty is professor of classics at Washington and Lee University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Crotty, Kevin M. Crotty
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2010
• EAN: 9780739144060
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4406-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day