product
4096342Platos Laughterhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/plato-s-laughter-9781438467382/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2579217/3ba3914c-80d4-4ec5-8b22-50bc00ae94ff.jpg?v=638384166833200000609676MXNState University of New York PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Counters the long-standing, solemn interpretation of Platos dialogues with one centered on the philosophical and pedagogical significance of Socrates as a comic figure.</strong></p><p>Plato was described as a boor and it was said that he never laughed out loud. Yet his dialogues abound with puns, jokes, and humor. Sonja Madeleine Tanner argues that in Platos dialogues Socrates plays a comical hero who draws heavily from the tradition of comedy in ancient Greece, but also reforms laughter to be applicable to all persons and truly shaming to none. Socrates introduces a form of self-reflective laughter that encourages, rather than stifles, philosophical inquiry. Laughter in the dialogues-both explicit and implied-suggests a view of human nature as incongruous with ourselves, simultaneously falling short of, and superseding, our own capacities. What emerges is a picture of human nature that bears a striking resemblance to Socrates own, laughable depiction, one inspired by Dionysus, but one that remains ultimately intractable. The book analyzes specific instances of laughter and the comical from the <em>Apology</em>, <em>Laches</em>, <em>Charmides</em>, <em>Cratylus</em>, <em>Euthydemus</em>, and the <em>Symposium</em> to support this, and to further elucidate the philosophical consequences of recognizing Platos laughter.</p>...4032083Platos Laughter609676https://www.gandhi.com.mx/plato-s-laughter-9781438467382/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2579217/3ba3914c-80d4-4ec5-8b22-50bc00ae94ff.jpg?v=638384166833200000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179781438467382_W3siaWQiOiJkNTRjNWE5Mi05ZGY5LTRiMGItODExOS0yZWQ5MWNhMjAwOWYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjcxNywiZGlzY291bnQiOjcyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjY0NSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDYtMDVUMTk6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiI4Mzk1NTlmZC0yOGExLTQ1NDAtYTYzMC05YzVhM2VmMGUxZWQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjY3NiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjY3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjYwOSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781438467382_<p>Plato was described as a boor and it was said that he never laughed out loud. Yet his dialogues abound with puns, jokes, and humor. Sonja Madeleine Tanner argues that in Platos dialogues Socrates plays a comical hero who draws heavily from the tradition of comedy in ancient Greece, but also reforms laughter to be applicable to all persons and truly shaming to none. Socrates introduces a form of self-reflective laughter that encourages, rather than stifles, philosophical inquiry. Laughter in the dialoguesboth explicit and impliedsuggests a view of human nature as incongruous with ourselves, simultaneously falling short of, and superseding, our own capacities. What emerges is a picture of human nature that bears a striking resemblance to Socrates own, laughable depiction, one inspired by Dionysus, but one that remains ultimately intractable. The book analyzes specific instances of laughter and the comical from the <em>Apology</em>, <em>Laches</em>, <em>Charmides</em>, <em>Cratylus</em>, <em>Euthydemus</em>, and the <em>Symposium</em> to support this, and to further elucidate the philosophical consequences of recognizing Platos laughter.</p>...(*_*)9781438467382_<p><strong>Counters the long-standing, solemn interpretation of Platos dialogues with one centered on the philosophical and pedagogical significance of Socrates as a comic figure.</strong></p><p>Plato was described as a boor and it was said that he never laughed out loud. Yet his dialogues abound with puns, jokes, and humor. Sonja Madeleine Tanner argues that in Platos dialogues Socrates plays a comical hero who draws heavily from the tradition of comedy in ancient Greece, but also reforms laughter to be applicable to all persons and truly shaming to none. Socrates introduces a form of self-reflective laughter that encourages, rather than stifles, philosophical inquiry. Laughter in the dialogues-both explicit and implied-suggests a view of human nature as incongruous with ourselves, simultaneously falling short of, and superseding, our own capacities. What emerges is a picture of human nature that bears a striking resemblance to Socrates own, laughable depiction, one inspired by Dionysus, but one that remains ultimately intractable. The book analyzes specific instances of laughter and the comical from the <em>Apology</em>, <em>Laches</em>, <em>Charmides</em>, <em>Cratylus</em>, <em>Euthydemus</em>, and the <em>Symposium</em> to support this, and to further elucidate the philosophical consequences of recognizing Platos laughter.</p>...9781438467382_State University of New York Presslibro_electonico_0df40212-7750-3ac6-b016-90a4b6d5b3eb_9781438467382;9781438467382_9781438467382Sonja TannerInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-d104efae-5584-425b-8943-3f3bd1151b14.epub2017-12-01T00:00:00+00:00State University of New York Press