Ion: The Dialogues of Plato - Couverture souple

Plato

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1721844864 ISBN 13 : 9781721844869

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

Ion: The Dialogues of Plato by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. In Plato's Ion Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry, gives his performance on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtue of divine possession. It is one of the shortest of Plato's dialogues. The grace and beauty of this little work supply the only, and perhaps a sufficient, proof of its genuineness. The plan is simple; the dramatic interest consists entirely in the contrast between the irony of Socrates and the transparent vanity and childlike enthusiasm of the rhapsode Ion. The theme of the Dialogue may possibly have been suggested by the passage of Xenophon's Memorabilia in which the rhapsodists are described by Euthydemus as 'very precise about the exact words of Homer, but very idiotic themselves.' (Compare Aristotle, Met.)

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• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1721844864
• ISBN 13: 9781721844869
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 32
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