{"product_id":"platos-four-muses-paperback-by-andrea-capra","title":"Plato's Four Muses Paperback by Andrea Capra","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eCenter for Hellenic Studies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-01-06)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e252\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780674417229\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato’s Four Muses\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs Plato’s authorial self-portrait through a fresh reading of the \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e, with an Introduction and Conclusion that contextualize the construction more broadly. The \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e, it is argued, is Plato’s most self-referential dialogue, and Plato’s reference to four Muses in \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e 259c–d is read as a hint at the “ingredients” of philosophical discourse, which turns out to be a form of provocatively old-fashioned \u003ci\u003emousikê\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrea Capra maintains that Socrates’s conversion to “demotic”—as opposed to metaphorical—music in the \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e closely parallels the \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e and is apologetic in character, since Socrates was held responsible for dismissing traditional \u003ci\u003emousikê\u003c\/i\u003e. This parallelism reveals three surprising features that define Plato’s works: first, a measure of anti-intellectualism (Plato counters the rationalistic excesses of other forms of discourse, thus distinguishing it from both prose and poetry); second, a new beginning for philosophy (Plato conceptualizes the birth of Socratic dialogue in, and against, the Pythagorean tradition, with an emphasis on the new role of writing); and finally, a self-consciously ambivalent attitude with respect to the social function of the dialogues, which are conceived both as a kind of “resistance literature” and as a preliminary move toward the new poetry of the Kallipolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eAndrea Capra is Assistant Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Milan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554282950817,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674417229","price":32.25,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674417229.jpg?v=1781762451","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/platos-four-muses-paperback-by-andrea-capra","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}