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Autore |
Tyrrell William Blake |
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Titolo |
The sacrifice of Socrates [[electronic resource] ] : Athens, Plato, Girard / / Wm. Blake Tyrrell |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-62895-126-5 |
1-60917-338-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy, Ancient |
Athens (Greece) History Thirty Tyrants, 404-403 B.C |
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographic references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Mimesis, conflict, and crisis -- Plato's victimary culture -- Aristophanic Socrates: ready victim -- Foundation murder. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public's blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as ReneĢ Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato's Apology depicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his Crito shows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a pharmakos fig |
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