Beschreibung:
This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic , but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions.
This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic , but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions.
Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Abbreviations Editor's Introduction PART I: WHY CENSOR THE ARTISTS? UNDERSTANDING PLATO'S QUARREL From The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists ; I.Murdoch Plato and the Mass Media; A.Nehamas Art and Mimesis in Plato's Republic ; M.F.Burnyeat PART II: ART AND BEAUTY: BEFORE AND BEYOND REPUBLIC X Plato's Early Aesthetics: The Hippias Major ; D.Sider A Divinity Moving You: Inspiration and Knowledge in the Ion ; D.Barchana-Lorand The Philosopher's Antidote; G.R.F.Ferrari Plato on Tragic and Comic Pleasures; P.Destrée Plato on Begetting in Beauty; C.D.C.Reeve Beyond the Mirror of Nature: Plato's Ethics of Visual Form; S.Halliwell Art and Ethical Perspective: Notes on the Kalon in Plato's Laws ; J.Moss Index