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Plato on Poetry : Ion; Republic 376e-398b9; Republic 595-608b10 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
Plato on Poetry Ion Republic 376e398b9 Republic 595608b10 - Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Author:Plato This is a commentary on selected texts of Plato concerned with poetry: the Ion and relevant sections of the Republic. It is the first commentary to present these texts together in one volume, and the first in English on Republic 2 and 3 and Ion for nearly 100 years. The introduction sets Plato's views in their Greek context and outlines their in... more »fluence on later aesthetic thought. An important feature of the commentary is its exploration of the ambivalence of Plato's pronouncements through an analysis of his own skill as a writer.« less