The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato's Philebus

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Synopsis
n 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.
Copyright:
1991

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
ISBN-13:
9780226042763
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press
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Copyrighted By:
The University of Chicago
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Worth Trust
Proofread By:
Worth Trust
Usage Restrictions:
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