The Poetics of Philosophical Language - Plato, Poets and Presocratics in the "Republic" (Hardcover)

A close analysis of the Republic s diverse literary styles shows how the peculiarities of verbal texture in Platonic discourse can be explained by Plato s remolding of tropes and techniques from poetry and the Presocratics. This book argues that Plato smuggles poetic language into the Republic s prose in order to characterize the deceitful coloration and polymorphy that accompanies the world of Becoming as opposed to the Real. Plato s distinctive discourse thus can transmit, even to those figures focused on the visual within his Republic, the shiftiness of the base and the unjust."

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Sozomena
Release date:	July 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Zacharoula Petraki
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-026097-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	3-11-026097-2
Barcode:	9783110260977

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