{"product_id":"tragedy-of-reason-1","title":"Tragedy of Reason","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe classical conception of reason (or \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e) has been repeatedly attacked in the modern era. Its enemies range from Descartes, who complains that \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e is not sufficiently useful or precise, to Derrida who hopes to liberate Western thought from its bondage to \"logocentrism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt least since the time of Nietzsche, Plato has been damned as the chief architect of the classical conception of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e. He is accused of overvaluing reason and thereby devaluing the other, more human aspects of life. As it was originally formulated in Nietzsche’s \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Plato has been taken to be the arch-enemy of tragedy, which for Nietzsche was the most life-affirming of all the art forms of Greek culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1990, \u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e defends Plato against his accusers. Employing a mode of exposition which exhibits Plato’s position, Roochnik presents the Platonic conception of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e in confrontation with texts by Homer, Hesiod, Heraclitus, Aristotle, Descartes, Porty, and Derrida. In clear language, unencumbered by technical terminology, Roochnik shows that Platonic conception of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e is keenly aware of the strength of its opponents. The result is a presentation of Plato as a \"tragic philosopher\" whose conception of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e is characterized by an affirmation of its own limits as well as its goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254552482136,"sku":"9780367712402","price":132.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367712402_64616f5a-c417-4b2e-a178-f18dc675a7a2.jpg?v=1768998637","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/tragedy-of-reason-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}