Title Homer and the Tradition of Political Philosophy Encounters with Plato, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (336 p.) Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Contest between Homer and Plato and the Homeric Education on the Gods: From Divine to Human Providence -- The Importance of Homer in Plato -- An Overview of Homer's Challenging Education -- Faith in ''The Father of Gods and Men'' -- The Limits of Divine Power -- The Power of Gods and the Mortality of Humans -- The Immortal Nature of the Gods -- The Limits of Divine Wisdom -- The Limits of Divine Love -- The Limits of Divine Providence Achilles' Education on the Limits of Divine Providence -- 2 The Homeric Education in Human Excellence: The Suffering Hero and the Enigmatic Singer -- From a Dutiful to a Questioning Hero -- The Judgments of the Humane Skeptic -- The Scientific Poet of Death -- The Similes of the Lover of Wisdom -- The Deliberately Enigmatic Thinker -- 3 Plato's Critique of the Homeric Education -- The Proper Education for Philosophic Natures -- Socrates' Critique of the Homeric Education 1: The Gods -- Socrates' Critique of the Homeric Education 2: Heroes and Human Excellence Socrates' Critique of the Homeric Education 3: Homer's Self-Presentation -- The Platonic Education in Human Excellence -- 4 Homer and Machiavelli on Education and Human Excellence -- Machiavelli as Educator -- Homer in the Prince -- Homer's Portrayal of the Tragic Life of Virtue -- Machiavelli's Portrayal of the Happy Life of Virtue -- Machiavelli, Cicero, and Plutarch on the Lion and the Fox -- Machiavelli and Homer on the Lion and the Fox -- Machiavelli on Philosophy and Imitation -- 5 Nietzsche on the Contest between Homer and Plato -- The Importance of Homer in Nietzsche Nietzsche's Ambiguous Account of Homer, Plato, and Philosophy -- Ancient Greece, Christianity, and Human Nature -- Homer as the Founder of Greek Culture -- Odysseus contra Achilles -- Nietzsche's Project to Resurrect Homeric Greece? -- Homeric Culture versus Human Nature? -- Nietzsche and the Task of the Philosopher -- Nietzsche's Sympathetic Critique of Plato -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Shows that Homer was a philosophic thinker who played a crucial role in the thought of Plato, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Homer -- Political and social views Homer -- Influence Plato Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. SUBJECT Homer fast Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 fast Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 fast Plato fast Subject Political science -- Philosophy. Politics in literature. Philosophy in literature. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Philosophy in literature Political and social views Political science -- Philosophy Politics and government Politics in literature SUBJECT Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057114 Subject Greece Form Electronic book ISBN 1009302604 9781009302609

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