Mei, Todd (2007) Justice and the Banning of the Poets: The Way of Hermeneutics in Plato’s Republic. Review of Metaphysics, 60 (4). pp. 755-778. ISSN 0034-6632. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:23354)
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Abstract
This article focuses on the episode of the banning of the poets and argues that Plato did not dismiss poetry at all. Rather the episode serves to demonstrate the nature of justice as poetic, as opposed to what today we would call scientific and systematic. What links poetry and an understanding of justice is how sacrifice and antidote work as themes indicating how we should approach poetic meaning and the question of justice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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P Language and Literature B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion |
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Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of English Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages |
| Depositing User: | Todd Mei |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2011 14:21 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:01 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/23354 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Mei, Todd.
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