The music of reason : Rousseau, Nietzsche, Plato / Michael Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Michael, 1947- author.

Series:

Haney Foundation series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Hippias minor.

Plato.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Essai sur l'origine des langues.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Geburt der Tragödie.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Reasoning (Psychology).

Thought and thinking.

Music--Psychological aspects.

Music.

Music and language.

Language and logic.

Essai sur l'origine des langues (Rousseau, Jean-Jacques).

Geburt der Tragödie (Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm).

Hippias minor (Plato).

Physical Description:

x, 226 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This book is in the field of cognitive psychology and social psychology. The book holds that rational thinking has a pre-rational foundation: thinking is musical or poetic. Thought is never purely rational; it's mixed with revelatory experience of the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Music of Language: Rousseau's Essay on the Origin of Languages

Introduction: Language, Political Life, and Music p. 15

Chapter 1 The Essence of Babel p. 18

Chapter 2 The Tempo of the Timeless p. 32

Chapter 3 The Soul p. 44

Part II The Music of Poetry: Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy

Introduction: Out of the Spirit of Music p. 51

Chapter 5 The Birth of Tragedy p. 76

Chapter 6 The Death of Tragedy p. 111

Chapter 7 Tragedy Reborn p. 132

Part III Poetry and Language: Plato's Lesser Hippias

Introduction: Perplexities p. 163

Chapter 8 The Man of Many Ways p. 165

Chapter 9 The True Man as Liar p. 172

Chapter 10 The Many Ways of Soul p. 186.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812251715

0812251717

OCLC:

1110122833