Preface to Plato.

Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Mr. Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by the continued domination of the poetic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Havelock, Eric A. (Eric Alfred), 1903-1988
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1963.
Series:	History of the Greek mind ; v. 1.
Subjects:	Plato. Plato Flaemmings, Friederich Philosophy, Ancient. Greek poetry > History and criticism. PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical. LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry. Greek poetry Philosophy, Ancient Filosofie. Filosofía antigua. Ancient philosophy. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

FOREWORD
Contents
Part One: The Image-Thinkers
I. Plato on Poetry
II. Mimesis
III. Poetry as Preserved Communication
IV. The Homeric Encyclopedia
V. Epic as Record versus Epic as Narrative
VI. Hesiod on Poetry
VII. The Oral Sources of the Hellenic Intelligence
VIII. The Homeric State of Mind
IX. The Psychology of the Poetic Performance
X. The Content and Quality of the Poetised Statement
Part Two: The Necessity of Platonism
XI. Psyche or the Separation of the Knower from the Known
XII. The Recognition of the Known as ObjectXIII. Poetry as Opinion
XIV. The Origin of the Theory of Forms
XV. â€?The Supreme Music is Philosophyâ€?

Preface to Plato.

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