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Author Heath, Malcolm.

Title Ancient philosophical poetics / Malcolm Heath.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Key themes in ancient philosophy
Key themes in ancient philosophy.
Summary "What is poetry? Why do human beings produce and consume it? What effects does it have on them? Can it give them insight into truth, or is it dangerously misleading? This book is a wide-ranging study of the very varied answers which ancient philosophers gave to such questions. An extended discussion of Plato's Republic shows how the two discussions of poetry are integrated with each other and with the dialogue's central themes. Aristotle's Poetics is read in the context of his understanding of poetry as a natural human behaviour and an intrinsically valuable component of a good human life. Two chapters trace the development of the later Platonist tradition from Plutarch to Plotinus, Longinus and Porphyry, exploring its intellectual debts to Epicurean, allegorical and Stoic approaches to poetry. It will be essential reading for classicists as well as ancient philosophers and modern philosophers of art and aesthetics"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Poetry: the roots of a problem -- 2. A radical solution: Plato's Republic -- 3. The natural history of poetry: Aristotle -- 4. Ways to find truth in falsehood -- 5. The marriage of Homer and Plato.
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Subject Plato. Republic.
Republic (Plato)
Poetics -- History -- To 1500.
Poetics.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Philosophy, Ancient, in literature.
Philosophy, Ancient, in literature.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Heath, Malcolm. Ancient philosophical poetics. Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521198790 (DLC) 2012023161 (OCoLC)795575282
ISBN 9781139018258 (electronic book)
1139018256 (electronic book)
9781139624534 (electronic book)
1139624539 (electronic book)
9780521198790
0521198798
9780521168687
0521168686