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Title: SOCRATES AND ARISTOPHANES
By: Leo Strauss
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0226777197
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Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Pub. date: 15 November, 1996
Pages: 330
Description: In one of his last books, Leo Strauss examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at 11 plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy.
Synopsis: 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.
Publication: US
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Returns: Returnable
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