The philosophical stage : drama and dialectic in classical Athens / Joshua Billings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Billings, Joshua, 1985- author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama--History and criticism.

Greek drama.

Philosophy in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

'The Philosophical Stage' offers an innovative approach to ancient Greek literature and thought that places drama at the heart of intellectual history. Drawing on evidence from tragedy and comedy, Joshua Billings shines new light on the development of early Greek philosophy, arguing that drama is our best source for understanding the intellectual culture of classical Athens.In this incisive book, Billings recasts classical Greek intellectual history as a conversation across discourses and demonstrates the significance of dramatic reflections on widely shared theoretical questions. He argues that neither 'literature' nor 'philosophy' was a defined category in the fifth century BCE, and develops a method of reading dramatic form as a structured investigation of issues at the heart of the emerging discipline of philosophy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on the Text

Introduction: Tragedy in the Philosophical Age of the Greeks

1 Catalogs and Culture

2 Intrigue and Ontology

3 Agōn and Authority

Conclusion: The Stages of Early Greek Thought

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 6, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691211114

0691211116

OCLC:

1255172299