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Paperback Images of Excellence: Plato's Critique of the Arts Book
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ISBN: 0198237928

ISBN13: 9780198237921

Images of Excellence: Plato's Critique of the Arts

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This original new book argues for a reassessment of Plato's challenge to the arts. Plato was the first great figure in Western philosophy to assess the value of the arts; he argued in the Republic that traditionally accepted forms of poetry, drama, and music are unsound. While this view has been widely rejected, Janaway argues that Plato's hostile case is a more coherent and profound challenge to the arts than has sometimes been supposed. Denying...

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