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Ancient Philosophical Poetics (Paperback, New)
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Ancient Philosophical Poetics (Paperback, New)
Series: Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy
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What is poetry? Why do human beings produce and consume it? What
effects does it have on them? Can it give them insight into truth,
or is it dangerously misleading? This book is a wide-ranging study
of the very varied answers which ancient philosophers gave to such
questions. An extended discussion of Plato's Republic shows how the
two discussions of poetry are integrated with each other and with
the dialogue's central themes. Aristotle's Poetics is read in the
context of his understanding of poetry as a natural human behaviour
and an intrinsically valuable component of a good human life. Two
chapters trace the development of the later Platonist tradition
from Plutarch to Plotinus, Longinus and Porphyry, exploring its
intellectual debts to Epicurean, allegorical and Stoic approaches
to poetry. It will be essential reading for classicists as well as
ancient philosophers and modern philosophers of art and aesthetics.
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