The politics of Socratic humor /

Was Socrates an ironist? Did he mock his interlocutors, and in doing so, show disdain for both them and the institutions of Athenian democracy? These questions were debated with great seriousness by generations of ancient Greek writers and helped to define a primary strand of the western tradition o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Lombardini, John, 1980- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:	Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Subjects:	Socrates. Greek wit and humor > Political aspects. Irony > Political aspects. Greek wit and humor > Philosophy.