Erôs, Song, and Philosophy in Plato

Towards a Synthesis of a Cultural Ideal

Chara Kokkiou (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-9582-7 (ISBN)

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Erôs, Song and Philosophy in Plato raises critical issues regarding conceptions of how song and philosophy in erotic contexts are treated by Plato in his attempt to rewrite, to some degree, the cultural tradition. A question that seems to be repeatedly raised throughout the Platonic dialogues is why it is precisely song that needs to be put aside before we can start doing philosophy – as a more serious and perfect kind of song. Extensive discussion of this key thematic cluster with an emphasis on the concept of beauty, which is harmoniously interwoven with erôs and song, has been absent. Chara Kokkiou argues that there is a constant interplay among erotic, musical-poetic and spatial motifs and the way those are incorporated into the very essence of philosophical dialectic is indicative of the unique nature of Plato’s philosophy. Her analysis centers on paiderastic and mousikos erôs, which, if thoroughly purified, contribute significantly to the composition of Socrates’ portrait as mousikos philosophos. The Socratic philosophical logos displays reformed erotic and song-authorized patterns, such as the power to inspire and heal. Through close reading of certain Platonic passages and detailed attention to choral and mythical patterns, such as those included in the eschatological myths of Republic and Phaedo, and to the descriptions of locus amoenus in Phaedrus and Laws, she demonstrates that Plato through his painstakingly purged philosophical model delineates the route towards

Chara Kokkiou is an instructor at Tulane University.

Chapter 1: Paths to Wisdom

Chapter 2: Erotic Madness and Inappropriate Praise

Chapter 3: Speaking Versus Singing. Philosophy as a Performing Art

Chapter 4: Philosophy as an Exercise in Cultural Memory

Chapter 5: Envisaging Plato’s Fragmented Muse of Philosophy

Chapter 6: Encore! Instead of a Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 229 mm
Gewicht	463 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4985-9582-0 / 1498595820
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-9582-7 / 9781498595827
Zustand	Neuware