Sonja Tanner

In Praise of Plato's Poetic Imagination

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the role Plato accords to imagination in the ancient quarrel between poetry and philosophy. Claiming that the function of imagination evokes a realm of praxis within Plato's dialogues heretofore largely unrecognized, this book offers an interpretation of Plato that challenges the more orthodox view in which poetry and the arts are denigrated, and indeed, seen as eradicable from the dialogues altogether.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780739143384
• ISBN-10: 0739143387
• Artikelnr.: 29611009

Autorenporträt

Sonja Tanner is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1. A History of the Ancient "Quarrel"-The
Philosophical "Side" Chapter 2. On the "Side" of Poetry in the Ancient
"Quarrel" Chapter 3: Imagination in the Sophist Chapter 4. The
Pharmacological Structure of the Imagination Chapter 5. The Unity of Form
and Content in Platonic Dialogues Chapter 6. Imagination and the Ancient
"Quarrel"