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In praise of Plato's poetic imagination /
Plato has often been read as denigrating the cognitive and ethical value of poetry. In his dialogues, the faculty that corresponds to the poetic--the imagination--is located at the lowest level of human intelligence, and so, it is furthest from true understanding. Simultaneously, Platonic dialogues...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
c2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Plato has often been read as denigrating the cognitive and ethical value of poetry. In his dialogues, the faculty that corresponds to the poetic--the imagination--is located at the lowest level of human intelligence, and so, it is furthest from true understanding. Simultaneously, Platonic dialogues violate Plato's own alleged prohibitions against quoting and imitating poets, and much of the writing in the dialogues is poetic. All too often, the voluminous literature on Plato dismisses Plato's poetic formulations as merely the unintended contradictions of an otherwise meticulous author. This bo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 255 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739143407 0739143409 1282820044 9781282820043 9786612820045 6612820047 |