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The Sacrifice of Socrates: Athens, Plato, Girard
ISBN: 9781611860542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public s blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as Rene Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato s "Apology "depicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his "Crito "shows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a... When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public s blame was directed at Socr... |
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Recapturing Sophocles' Antigone
ISBN: 9780847692170 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this book, Wm. Blake Tyrrell and Larry J. Bennett examine Sophocles' Antigone in the context of its setting in fifth-century Athens. The authors attempt to create an interpretive environment that is true to the issues and interests of fifth-century Athenians, as opposed to those of modern scholars and philosophers. As they contextualize the play in the dynamics of ancient Athens, the authors discuss the text of the Antigone in light of recent developments in the study of Greek antiquity and tragedy, and they turn to modern Greek rituals of lamentation for suggestive analogies. The result...
In this book, Wm. Blake Tyrrell and Larry J. Bennett examine Sophocles' Antigone in the context of its setting in fifth-century Athens. The authors at...
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