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Socrates and Aristophanes

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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.

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University of Chicago Press
0226777197 / 9780226777191
Paperback / softback
183.2
15/11/1996
United States
332 pages
16 x 23 mm, 539 grams