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The Bow and the Lyre: A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey

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In this interpretation of the Odyssey, Seth Benardete suggests that Homer may have been the first to philosophize in a Platonic sense. He argues that the Odyssey concerns precisely the relation between philosophy and poetry and, more broadly, the rational and the irrational in human beings.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: January 01, 1996

The Bow and the Lyre: A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey

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In this interpretation of the Odyssey, Seth Benardete suggests that Homer may have been the first to philosophize in a Platonic sense. He argues that the Odyssey concerns precisely the relation between philosophy and poetry and, more broadly, the rational and the irrational in human beings.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: January 01, 1996

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