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Eros, Song, and Philosophy in Plato - Towards a Synthesis of a Cultural Ideal (Hardcover)
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Eros, Song, and Philosophy in Plato - Towards a Synthesis of a Cultural Ideal (Hardcover)
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Eros, Song and Philosophy in Plato raises critical issues regarding
conceptions of how song and philosophy in erotic contexts are
treated by Plato in his attempt to rewrite, to some degree, the
cultural tradition. A question that seems to be repeatedly raised
throughout the Platonic dialogues is why it is precisely song that
needs to be put aside before we can start doing philosophy - as a
more serious and perfect kind of song. Extensive discussion of this
key thematic cluster with an emphasis on the concept of beauty,
which is harmoniously interwoven with eros and song, has been
absent. Chara Kokkiou argues that there is a constant interplay
among erotic, musical-poetic and spatial motifs and the way those
are incorporated into the very essence of philosophical dialectic
is indicative of the unique nature of Plato's philosophy. Her
analysis centers on paiderastic and mousikos eros, which, if
thoroughly purified, contribute significantly to the composition of
Socrates' portrait as mousikos philosophos. The Socratic
philosophical logos displays reformed erotic and song-authorized
patterns, such as the power to inspire and heal. Through close
reading of certain Platonic passages and detailed attention to
choral and mythical patterns, such as those included in the
eschatological myths of Republic and Phaedo, and to the
descriptions of locus amoenus in Phaedrus and Laws, she
demonstrates that Plato through his painstakingly purged
philosophical model delineates the route towards
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