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portada The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato's Philebus
Type
Physical Book
Author
Translated by
Publisher
Year
2009
Language
English
Pages
250
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Weight
0.36 kg.
ISBN
0226042766
ISBN13
9780226042763
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The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato's Philebus

Plato (Author) · Seth Benardete (Translated by) · University of Chicago Press · Paperback

The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato's Philebus - Plato ; Benardete, Seth

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Synopsis "The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato's Philebus "

In The Tragedy and Comedy of Life, Seth Benardete focuses on the idea of the good in what is widely regarded as one of Plato's most challenging and complex dialogues, the Philebus. Traditionally the Philebus is interpreted as affirming the doctrine that the good resides in thought and mind rather than in pleasure or the body. Benardete challenges this view, arguing that Socrates vindicates the life of the mind over the life of pleasure not by separating the two and advocating a strict asceticism, but by mixing pleasure and pain with mind in such a way that the philosophic life emerges as the only possible human life. Benardete combines a probing and challenging commentary that subtly mirrors and illuminates the complexities of this dialogue with the finest English translation of the Philebus yet available. The result is a work that will be of great value to classicists, philosophers, and political theorists alike.

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