Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical

Plato's Socrates, in prison and being urged to flee execution, raises in acute form, and for the first time in European thought, a central question: is it right to disobey the state? Socrates' controversial answer in "Crito" has generated much contemporary literature, but no English commentary of the Greek text for seventy-five years. This new edition aims to provide an up-to-date literary and philosophical analysis suitable for a wide range of readers, including those with post-beginners Greek. It represents an ideal introduction, not only to the social and philosophical world of...

This volume is an introduction to Plato's dialogues and the ideas they explore, so serving as a readable account of his writing for the uninitiated. It also gives guidance on the historical context in which his thoughts were formed and invites inquiry into his many ideas.

In what way do we benefit from speaking of things indirectly? How does such a distancing allow us better to discover -- and describe -- people and objects? How does distancing produce an effect? What can we gain from approaching the world obliquely? In other words, how does detour grant access?Thus begins Francois Jullien's investigation into the strategy, subtlety, and production of meaning in ancient and modern Chinese aesthetic and political texts and events. Moving between the rhetorical traditions of ancient Greece and China, Jullien does not attempt a simple comparison of the two...

Aristoteles benutzt den Katharsisbegriff an verschiedenen Stellen seines Werks: in der Fortpflanzungslehre, der Zoologie, der Physik und Politik. In der Poetik wird der Begriff metaphorisch eingesetzt, um den Wirkungszweck der Tragodie zu bestimmen. Welche Modelle von Katharsis waren Aristoteles gelaufig, in welchem Verhaltnis stehen sie zueinander? Auf der Grundlage eines ausfuhrlichen Vorworts erstellen die Beitrage von Spezialisten eine Ubersicht zu dem jeweiligen Begriffsgebrauch in Biologie, Medizin, Ritus, Kultus, Musiktheorie, Psychologie und Philosophie....