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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968950603321

Autore

Levin Susan B.

Titolo

The ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry : Plato and the Greek literary tradition / / Susan B. Levin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-772995-9

1-280-83441-2

0-19-803111-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

184

Soggetti

Philosophy, Ancient, in literature

Language - Philosophy

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND TEXTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. LITERARY ETYMOLOGY; 2. ETYMOLOGY AND THE CRATYLUS' SOURCES: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE LITERARY TRADITION'S IMPORTANCE; 3. THE STRUCTURE AND OUTCOME OF THE CRATYLUS' INQUIRY; 4. CONCEPTIONS OF APPROPRIATENESS: PLATO'S REVISION OF LITERARY USAGE IN THE PHAEDO AND REPUBLIC 5; 5. THE QUARREL BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY: A REEXAMINATION OF POETRY'S ROLE IN PLATO'S REPUBLIC; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GENERAL INDEX; INDEX LOCORUM

Sommario/riassunto

In this study, Susan Levin argues that Plato takes the Greek literary tradition as a key locus of ideas with respect to linguistic issues in the Cratylus, Phaedo and Republic.