Then Again
Lee TrepanierReflections on Politics, Culture, Philosophy & Other Matters Free of Ideology and Cant
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Socrates’ Homer: Retaining the Poetic Past and Preparing for the Philosophic Future (Part V)
Even when Socrates calls for a clean slate when founding his polis, he still refers to Homer. In his analogy of the philosopher as a painter, who looks at the just, beautiful, temperate, and other virtues as models when painting cities and...
Socrates’ Homer: Retaining the Poetic Past and Preparing for the Philosophic Future (Part IV)
In spite of his criticism of Homer, Socrates does endorse some of his poetry when it suits his philosophical aims. An example is when Homer describes Odysseus as a model of self-control:
He stuck his chest and chided his heart,
Endu...
Socrates’ Homer: Retaining the Poetic Past and Preparing for the Philosophic Future (Part III)
Socrates continues his censorship of poetry with how the gods, heroes, and people should be portrayed. Poets who claim that the unjust are happy and the just the opposite, that there is profit in injustice, and that justice is another perso...
Socrates’ Homer: Retaining the Poetic Past and Preparing for the Philosophic Future (Part II)
Socrates’ first criticism of the poets, including Homer, is they make false claims about the gods, spirits, heroes, the dead, and just people. When discussing the education of the guardians, Socrates condemns the stories that Homer tell – “...
Socrates’ Homer: Retaining the Poetic Past and Preparing for the Philosophic Future (Part I)
Homer is acknowledged by Socrates as the educator of Hellas, “the most poetic of the poets and the first of tragedians” who provides the model around which the Hellenes order their lives (Rep 607a).[i] The first references to Homer in the R...
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I’m the Dean of the D’Amour College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Assumption University in Massachusetts. I also am the editor Lexington Books series Politics, Literature, and Film. My Twitter handle is @lee_trepanier. Views are mine own.
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