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Socrates and Aristophanes

Leo Strauss author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:5th Dec '96

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In one of his last books, Leo Strauss examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at eleven plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy, and that poetry emerges as an autonomous wisdom capable of rivaling philosophy.

ISBN: 9780226777191

Dimensions: 23mm x 16mm x 2mm

Weight: 539g

332 pages