Socrates and Aristophanes
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:5th Dec '96
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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