Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Mr. Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by the continued domination of the poetic tradition in contemporary Greek thought.
The reason for the dominance of this tradition was technological. In a nonliterate culture, stored experience necessary to cultural stability had to be preserved as poetry in order to be memorized. Plato attacks poets, particularly Homer, as the sole source of ...
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Description: Good. Sm 8vo. Cloth Hardcover, 1963. The usual ex-library treatments are present. pp. xiv, 328. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Sunned spine. Bumped corners. Some marginalia and underlining. Binding is sturdy. Joints and hinges are strong. Textblock is good. Pages are intact. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible section at Better World Books. Join the more than 4 million customers who have supported global literacy with their ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780674699069ISBN:0674699068
Description: Near Fine. 0674699068. Minor shelf wear to front cover; interior clean tight and unmarked.; History of the Greek Mind, ; 1.02 x 8.22 x 5.43 Inches. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard U Press
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. Save some $$$. Perfectly Good Reading Copy. Shelfwear from storage in box with other books. Writing present on first page. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good/Very Good. Volume One of A History of the Greek Mind, very nice clean black cloth binding, owner's name and date on ffep, several underlinings and margin notes to foreword but otherwise unmarked, 328 pages. Dustjacket very nice save for a touch of edgwear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1982-04-15
ISBN-13:9780674699069ISBN:0674699068
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780674699069ISBN:0674699068
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARVARD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780674699069ISBN:0674699068
Description: New. Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Mr. Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained b... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
ISBN-13:9780674699069ISBN:0674699068
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Belknap Press
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good in Good jacket. Black boards. Some mild wear and scuffing, black dj, some scuffing and edge wear. May have some shelf wear. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 8vo., 328pp. Text. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in black cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Several pages have intelligent margin notes. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover in dust jacket
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1963
Description: Near Fine in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Slight toning to edges. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book in similar dust jacket showing some light edgewear (now in archvial mylar sleeve). Very neat. Bibliography, index. xiv, 328p. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
ISBN-13:9780674699069ISBN:0674699068
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