Tragedy and Comedy of Life
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Ancient
Argument
Ascetic
Asceticism
Athenian
Athens
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Body
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Classic
Classical
Classics
Conservative
Dialogue
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Ethical
Ethics
Faithful
Fidelity
Good
Greek
Inquiry
Knowledge
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Life
Meaning
Metaphysical
Metaphysics
Mind
Moral
Philosopher
Philosophic
Philosophy
Pleasure
Socrates
Strauss
Straussian
Think
Thought
Tradition
Traditional
Translation
Wisdom
Product details
- ISBN 9780226042763
- Weight: 397g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In "The Tragedy and Comedy of Life", Seth Benardete focuses on the idea of the good in what is widely regarded as one of Plato's most challenging and complex dialogs, the Philebus. Traditionally the Philebus is interpreted as affirming the doctrine that the good resides in thought and mind rather than in pleasure or the body. Benardete challenges this view, arguing that Socrates vindicates the life of the mind over the life of pleasure not by separating the two and advocating a strict asceticism, but by mixing pleasure and pain with mind in such a way that the philosophic life emerges as the only possible human life. Benardete combines a probing and challenging commentary that subtly mirrors and illuminates the complexities of this dialog with the finest English translation of the Philebus yet available. The result is a work that will be of great value to classicists, philosophers, and political theorists alike.
Seth Benardete (1930-2001) was a classicist and philosopher who taught at New York University and the New School. He is the author of many books.
