The argument of the action : essays on Greek poetry and philosophy

The argument of the action : essays on Greek poetry and philosophy / Seth Benardete ; edited and with an introduction by Ronna Burger and Michael Davis.

"Benardete's philosophic reading of the poets and his poetic reading of the philosophers share a common ground that makes this collection a whole. The key, suggested by his reflections on Leo Strauss in the last piece, lies in the question of how to read Plato. Benardete's way is char...

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Main Author: Benardete, Seth
Other Authors: Burger, Ronna, 1947-, Davis, Michael, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Homer. > Iliad.
Plato.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The First Crisis in First Philosophy
  • 2. Achilles and the Iliad
  • 3. The Aristeia of Diomedes and the Plot of the Iliad
  • 4. The Furies of Aeschylus
  • 5. Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus
  • 6. Euripides' Hippolytus
  • 7. On Greek Tragedy
  • 8. Physics and Tragedy: On Plato's Cratylus
  • 9. On Plato's Symposium
  • 10. Protagoras's Myth and Logos
  • 11. On Plato's Lysis
  • 12. On Interpreting Plato's Charmides
  • 13. Plato's Laches: A Question of Definition
  • 14. On Plato's Phaedo
  • 15. Plato is Theaetetus: On the Way of the Logos
  • 16. On Plato's Sophist
  • 17. The Plan of Plato's Statesman
  • 18. On the Timaeus
  • 19. On Wisdom and Philosophy: The First Two Chapters of Aristotle's Metaphysics A
  • 20. Strauss on Plato.

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