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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 December 2012
    29 November 2012
    ISBN:
    9781139018258
    9780521198790
    9780521168687
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139018258
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.43kg, 204 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.31kg, 204 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Philosophy: General Interest, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
    Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Philosophy: General Interest, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
    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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