Socrates and Aristophanes
Douban
Leo Strauss
overview
In one of his last books, Socrates and Aristophanes, Leo Strauss's examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at eleven plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy, and that poetry emerges as an autonomous wisdom capable of rivaling philosophy.
contents
I: Introduction
II: The Clouds
III: The Other Plays
1: The Acharnians
2: The Knights
3: The Wasps
4: The Peace
5: The Birds
6: The Lysistrate
7: The Thesmophoriazusai
8: The Frogs
9: The Assembly of Women
10: The Plutos
IV: Conclusion
Notes
Index
