The Spirit of Comedy in Plato

Greene, William C.

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“…But virtually all critics now think that Timaeus' story about the universe, unlike Critias' about Atlantis, is one in which Plato advances his own views-to the extent, that is, that Plato's own views can be found in the dialogues." 130 See Greene 1920, de Vries 1949, and Ardley 1967, particularly on 240: "The serious and the playful are sisters. Through their association in contrariety, through the aporiai engendered thereby, the intelligence is set in motion.…”

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The missing speech of the absent fourth: reader response and Plato’s Timaeus-Critias

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2013

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The missing speech of the absent fourth: reader response and Plato’s Timaeus-Critias

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“…On comedy in Plato in general, see Klein (1964, pp. 4-7) and Greene (1920). Greene (1920, p. 101, cf.…”

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Comedy in Callipolis: Animal Imagery in the Republic

Saxonhouse

1978

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The political society founded by Socrates in the Republic has been seen by many as Plato's conception of the ideal political community, his Callipolis. However, a study of the language used by Socrates as he builds his perfect city reveals an unusually heavy concentration of animal images. This language seems to undercut the ostensible perfection of Socrates' city and illustrates rather its connections to the comic world of Aristophanes, whose comedy the Birds offers the model according to which the Republic is built. It is suggested that the city of the Republic is comic and ugly, indicating the limitations of politics rather than its potentialities. The Republic argues for the need to reorient the concept of justice away from social life and towards the individual. Ultimately, the Republic suggests that the notion of social justice is laughable and fit for the comic Stage.

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Prostrating Before Adrasteia

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2016

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The Spirit of Comedy in Plato

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The missing speech of the absent fourth: reader response and Plato’s Timaeus-Critias

The missing speech of the absent fourth: reader response and Plato’s Timaeus-Critias

Comedy in Callipolis: Animal Imagery in the Republic

Prostrating Before Adrasteia

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