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The Philosopher's Song - The Poets' Influence on Plato (Paperback)
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The Philosopher's Song - The Poets' Influence on Plato (Paperback)
Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
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The Philosopher's Song is a full-length treatment of Plato and the
dynamic course of his philosophical thought, regarded from a
distinctly poetic point of view. Kevin Crotty demonstrates how
Plato's invention of philosophy needs to be situated within the
context of a society where poets were cultural authorities, whose
teachings emphasized such tragic themes as the instability of
things and the indeterminacy of moral terms. The interest of
Plato's philosophy lies to a great extent in the compelling
interest of what he sought to repress-the poetic and political
heritage of a world tragically conceived. Plato's attacks on the
poets are notorious. Despite his apparently frank hostility,
however, his relation to the poets was exceedingly complex, argues
Crotty. Even the banishment of the poets in the Republic turns out
to be, more deeply, a recruitment of mimetic poetry for Plato's
metaphysics. Once endowed with a metaphysical significance,
however, the poets posed a serious challenge to Platonic idealism,
and spurred Plato to revise considerably his metaphysical scheme.
Crotty ultimately concludes that the views of politics and ethics
in Plato's later works return in many ways to the insights of the
poets.
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