The Argument of the Action - Essays on Greek Poetry and Philisophy (Hardcover, 2nd)

This volume brings together Seth Benardete's studies of Hesiod's "Theogony, " Homer's "Iliad, " and Greek tragedy, of eleven Platonic dialogues, and Aristotle's "Metaphysics." These essays, some never before published, others difficult to find, span four decades of his work and document its impressive range. Benardete's philosophic reading of the poets and his poetic reading of the philosophers share a common ground that makes this collection a whole. The key, suggested by his reflections on Leo Strauss in the last piece, lies in the question of how to read Plato. Benardete's way is characterized not just by careful attention to the literary form that separates doctrine from dialogue, and speeches from deed; rather, by following the dynamic of these differences, he uncovers the argument that belongs to the dialogue as a whole. The "turnaround" such an argument undergoes bears consequences for understanding the dialogue as radical as the conversion of the philosopher in Plato's image of the cave.
Benardete's original interpretations are the fruits of this discovery of the "argument of the action."

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	August 2000
Authors:	Seth Bernardete
Volume editors:	Ronna Burger • Michael Davis
Introduction by:	Ronna Burger • Michael Davis
Authors:	Seth Benardete
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	408
Edition:	2nd
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-04251-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
LSN:	0-226-04251-0
Barcode:	9780226042510

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