Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
5 Plato's Hesiod: not Plato's alone
View through CrossRef
AbstractThis chapter shows that Plato's view of Hesiod is shaped not only by a critical tradition that pairs him with Homer, but also by sophistic appropriations of a more specific kind. Prodicus in particular, with his concern for the ‘correctness of names’, recognized Hesiod as an intellectual ancestor. More generally, Hesiod could be appropriated to represent particular philosophical interests, including etymology and epistemological atomism. As such, he became a convenient target for Plato's attacks on those approaches.
Title: 5 Plato's Hesiod: not Plato's alone
Description:
AbstractThis chapter shows that Plato's view of Hesiod is shaped not only by a critical tradition that pairs him with Homer, but also by sophistic appropriations of a more specific kind.
Prodicus in particular, with his concern for the ‘correctness of names’, recognized Hesiod as an intellectual ancestor.
More generally, Hesiod could be appropriated to represent particular philosophical interests, including etymology and epistemological atomism.
As such, he became a convenient target for Plato's attacks on those approaches.
Related Results
Homeric quotations in the ancient scholia to Hesiod’s poem Works and Days
Homeric quotations in the ancient scholia to Hesiod’s poem Works and Days
In the scholia vetera for Hesiod’s poem Works and Days, 35 verses are explained with a reference to Homer’s poems and one verse is commented on with a reference to Homer as Hesiod’...
4 Hesiod in Plato: Second fiddle to Homer?
4 Hesiod in Plato: Second fiddle to Homer?
AbstractThis chapter surveys the relationship between Homer and Hesiod in Plato's work, focusing on the ways in which different Platonic characters portray and invoke the two poets...
3 Plato's Hesiod: An acquired taste?
3 Plato's Hesiod: An acquired taste?
AbstractBy analysing the pattern of Hesiodic quotations across Plato's works, this chapter concludes that Plato came to admire and use Hesiod — especially the Works and Days — more...
Plato and Aristotle in the Academy
Plato and Aristotle in the Academy
This chapter considers Aristotle’s criticisms of Plato. Among these are (1) Aristotle raises doubts about and rejects aspects of Plato’s theory of Forms, (2) Aristotle dismisses Pl...
Hesiod and Classical Greek Poetry
Hesiod and Classical Greek Poetry
Hesiod was regarded by the Greeks as a foundational figure of their culture, alongside Homer. This book examines the rich and varied engagement of fifth-century lyric and drama wit...
HUKUM KEKUAS AAN DAN DEMOKRASI MASA YUNANI KUNO
HUKUM KEKUAS AAN DAN DEMOKRASI MASA YUNANI KUNO
Plato and Aristotle are thinkers on the future of Greece that were raised in the Greek civilization. Aristotle is known as empirical-realist thinkers in contrast to
Plato who...
2 Hesiod and Plato's history of philosophy
2 Hesiod and Plato's history of philosophy
AbstractThis chapter argues that Hesiod's praise of one form of eris (‘strife’) makes him a symbol and archetype for what Plato sees as the unproductive squabbling of much subseque...