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5 Plato's Hesiod: not Plato's alone
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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
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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.
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