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Plato's Ion - Poetry, Expertise, and Inspiration (Paperback)
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Plato's Ion - Poetry, Expertise, and Inspiration (Paperback)
Series: Elements in Ancient Philosophy
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Loot Price R546
Discovery Miles 5 460
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This Element defends an interpretation of Plato's Ion on which its
primary concern is with audience reception of poetry. The dialogue
countenances and rejects two models of poetic reception, the
expertise model and the inspiration model, both of which make the
audience entirely passive in relation to poetry; and it presents
the character of Ion as a comedic figure, a self-ignorant fool
whose foolishness is a function of his passive relation to Homer.
In the end, this Element argues that, for Plato, critical
engagement is the proper way for audiences to treat poetry. This
view holds open the possibility that poetry may express some truths
without thereby endorsing the idea that poets are experts who have
authoritative knowledge.
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