Is Plato Really in Favour of Monotonous Literature?Republic392c6-398b9
Autor: | T. F. Morris |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Zdroj: | Dialogue. 52:491-521 |
ISSN: | 1759-0949 0012-2173 |
Popis: | Plato is not serious when he has Socrates deduce that poetry must be mostly narrative with just a little dialogue. Not only is the argumentation purposely flawed, but he also has Socrates purposely obfuscate a key distinction. He then has Socrates pretend to be confused by his own obfuscation. By forcing us to work our way through the thickets of his faulty argumentation, Plato gives us the opportunity to become more deeply involved with the underlying issues and to discover his theme: a good person is one who is stoically indifferent to both bad fortune and good fortune. |
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