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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785527903321

Autore

Tyrrell William Blake

Titolo

The sacrifice of Socrates [[electronic resource] ] : Athens, Plato, Girard / / Wm. Blake Tyrrell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-62895-126-5

1-60917-338-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series

Disciplina

183/.2

Soggetti

Philosophy, Ancient

Athens (Greece) History Thirty Tyrants, 404-403 B.C

Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mimesis, conflict, and crisis -- Plato's victimary culture -- Aristophanic Socrates: ready victim -- Foundation murder.

Sommario/riassunto

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 René 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