The Poetics of Philosophical Language : Plato, Poets and Presocratics in the "Republic."

The Poetics of Philosophical Language : Plato, Poets and Presocratics in the "Republic."

A close analysis of the Republic's diverse literary styles shows how the peculiarities of verbal texture in Platonic discourse can be explained by Plato's remolding of tropes and techniques from poetry and the Presocratics. This book argues that Plato smuggles poetic language into the Repu...

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Main Author: Petraki, Zacharoula
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011.
Subjects:
Plato. > Republic > Criticism, Textual.
Republic (Plato)
Languages & Literatures.
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • Section One: The Theory
  • 1. Aims and perspectives
  • 2. Poetics
  • 3. Mythos and eikõn
  • 4. Imagistic discourse
  • 5. Imagistic language, the dramatization of language and metaphoric language
  • Section Two: The Republic
  • 1. Human nature and philosophical style in the Republic Book 5
  • 2. Philosophical style in the third wave of argument in Book 5
  • 3. Verbal Images in the Republic Books 2 and 6
  • 4. Philosophers, non-philosophers and the unjust in the Republic
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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