Images of Excellence: Plato's Critique of the Arts

by Christopher Janaway

Book Overview

This original new book argues for a reassessment of Plato's challenge to the arts. Plato was the first great figure in Western philosophy to assess the value of the arts; he argued in the Republic that traditionally accepted forms of poetry, drama, and music are unsound. While this view has been widely rejected, Janaway argues that Plato's hostile case is a more coherent and profound challenge to the arts than has sometimes been supposed. Denying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198237928
• ISBN13: 9780198237921
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"