Plato is well known both for the harsh condemnations of images and image-making poets that appear in his dialogues and for the vivid and intense imagery that he himself uses in his matchless prose. Through their resemblance to true reality, images have the power to move their viewers to action and to change themselves, but because of their distance from true reality, that power always remains problematic. Two recurrent problems addressed here are how an image resembles what it represents and how to avoid mistaking that image for what it represents. Plato and the Power of Images comprises twelve chapters on the ways Plato has used images, and the ways we could, or should, understand their status as images.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Radcliffe G. Edmonds III
EAN: 9789004345003
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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WEIGHT: 532 g
HEIGHT: 235 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Brill
DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-08-03
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GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
WIDTH: 155 cm
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Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
"This book is a very worthy successor to the previous two volumes of the series and a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in exploring Plato's expert use of images despite his ambivalence toward them. While the chapters of the volume can be read for profit individually, it is clear that its authors were given the opportunity to read and cross- reference each other's essays before submitting their final drafts, which most of them took advantage of, thus enhancing the collaborative feel of the book without sacrificing the self-sufficiency of each contribution." Brett Robbins, San Diego State University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.05.20
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, PhD (1999) University of Chicago, is the Paul Shorey Professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College. He has published on Greek religion, myth, and philosophy, including Myths of the Underworld Journey (Cambridge, 2004) and Redefining Ancient Orphism (Cambridge, 2013).Pierre Destrée is Associate Research Professor at the University of Louvain where he teaches ancient philosophy. He has published widely on Greek ethics and aesthetics, and has co-edited numerous volumes, such as Plato and the Poets (Brill, 2011), Plato and Myth (Brill, 2012), and The Blackwell Companion to Ancient Aesthetics (Wiley, 2015).Contributors are: Elizabeth Belfiore, Douglas Cairns, Radcliffe Edmonds, Andrew Ford, Francisco Gonzalez, Grace Ledbetter, Alex Long, Christopher Moore, Kathryn Morgan, Penelope Murray, Olivier Renaut, Gerd Van Riel.
