| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 233 pages) |
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SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy |
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SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Superiority Theory of Laughter; Playful and Consequential Laughter; The Incongruity Theory of Laughter; The Chapter Breakdown; Chapter 1 The Apology of Socrates: Is Socrates a Comical Hero?; The Comical Apology; Socrates and the Homeric Hero; Socrates and the Traits of Comical Heroes; Humanity as Laughable and Self-Directed Laughter; Chapter 2 The Lachesâ#x80;#x99;s Comical Structure and â#x80;#x9C;The Refined Thinkers Who Are Really Poorâ#x80;#x9D;; The Lachesâ#x80;#x99;s Comical Structure; Lysimachus as a Comical Figure; Nicias as a Comical Figure; Stesilaus as a Comical Figure |
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Laches as a Comical FigureCourage, Laughter, and Self-Knowledge; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Tumbling Down to Earth: Laughter, Limitation, and Self-Knowledge in Platoâ#x80;#x99;s Charmides; Laughter on the Bench; Tragic and Comic Laughter; Socratic versus Critian SÅ#x8D;phrosynÄ#x93;: Theory and Practice; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Naming the Nameless: Logos, Laughter, and Self-Forgetting; Laughter and Logos in the Cratylus; Laughter and False Speaking in the Euthydemus; Logos and the Satirical; Chapter 5 Bawdy Politics: Satyrical Laughter and Self-Knowledge in the Symposium; Aristophanesâ#x80;#x99;s Hiccups; Socrates as Satyr |
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ConclusionConclusion: PonÄ#x93;ria, Self-Knowledge, and Comical, Platonic Optimism; Notes; Works Consulted |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 21, 2017) |
| Subject |
Plato
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Socrates
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| SUBJECT |
Plato fast |
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Socrates fast |
| Subject |
Laughter.
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Comic, The.
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Wit and humor
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humor.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Comic, The
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Laughter
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Wit and humor
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017040526 |
| ISBN |
9781438467382 |
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1438467389 |
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