Capa

SOCRATIC CHARIS IBD

LEXINGTON BOOKS
02 / 2013
9780739167175
Inglês

Sinopse

This work offers an evaluation of Plato&rsquo,s portrayal of &ldquo,Socrates&rdquo, in relation to models of the ancient Greek &ldquo,agon&rdquo,, oral poetic performance, and the practices of &ldquo,xenia&rdquo,. The author reinterprets the values of the oral tradition and xenia as non-agonistic, and shows how these values can illuminate the dramatic and philosophical import of Plato&rsquo,s Socrates in ways potentially relevant to current thinking about &ldquo,demokratia&rdquo,.