Tragic pathos : pity and fear in Greek philosophy and tragedy /
"Scholars have often focused on understanding Aristotle's poetic theory, and particularly the concept of catharsis in the Poetics, as a response to Plato's critique of pity in the Republic. However, this book shows that, while Greek thinkers all acknowledge pity and some form of fear...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Scholars have often focused on understanding Aristotle's poetic theory, and particularly the concept of catharsis in the Poetics, as a response to Plato's critique of pity in the Republic. However, this book shows that, while Greek thinkers all acknowledge pity and some form of fear as responses to tragedy, each assumes a different purpose for the two emotions and mode of presentation and, to a degree, understanding of them. This book reassesses expressions of the emotions within different tragedies and explores emotional responses to and discussions of the tragedies by contemporary philosophers, providing insights into the ethical and social implications of the emotions"-- |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 278 pages |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |