Philosophy & Comedy: Aristophanes, Logos, and ErōsAristophanes' comedies have stood the test of time as some of the greatest comic literature ever produced. While there have been numerous commentaries on Aristophanes and his world, until now there has been no systematic philosophical treatment of his comedies. In Philosophy and Comedy, Bernard Freydberg illuminates the philosophical insights in Aristophanes' texts by presenting close readings of Clouds, Wasps, Assemblywomen, and Lysistrata, addressing their comic genius at the same time. Freydberg challenges notions that philosophy is best served by a tragic disposition and arrives at a new assessment of the philosophical importance of comedy. |
Contents
On the Underlying Sense | 1 |
Part 1 Logos and Human Limits | 9 |
1 Clouds and the Measuring of Logos | 11 |
2Wasps and the Limits of Logos | 55 |
Part 2 Erōs and Human Limits | 109 |
Erōs and Human Law | 111 |
Erōs and Transcendence | 158 |
Ridicule and Measure | 196 |
Acknowledgments | 247 |
On the Underlying Sense | 1 |
Part 1 Logos and Human Limits | 9 |
1 Clouds and the Measuring of Logos | 11 |
2Wasps and the Limits of Logos | 55 |
Part 2 Erōs and Human Limits | 109 |
Erōs and Human Law | 111 |
Erōs and Transcendence | 158 |
Notes | 201 |
Bibliography | 221 |
Index | 225 |
back cover | 238 |
Contents | 245 |
Ridicule and Measure | 196 |
Notes | 201 |
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agōn Alcibiades argues argument Aristo Aristophanic comedy Assemblywomen Athenian Athens Bdelocleon beauty belongs Blepyrus called character Chorus Leader Cleon Clouds comic poet comic Socrates concerns context Dardanis Dionysian Dionysus divine earlier Ecclesiazusae Epigenes erōs erotic father fear festival further gender genuine Glaucon gods Grabes Greek Hegel Henderson hoi polloi honor hubris human husband Ibid injustice inspired interpretation jurors justice kakia kakon Kalonike Kinesias laughter least lines logoi Lysistrata MacDowell Oxford madness male matters means measure Men’s moral Myrrhine nature ness occurs once pain peace perhaps phanes Pheidippides Philo Philocleon philosophical phrontisterion Platonic dialogues play political Praxagora present Protagoras question regarded Republic book reveals ridiculous ridiculous thoughtfulness seek seems sense sexual Sommerstein song sophistical Sosias soul speak spectators speech Strepsiades Stronger Logos suggest Symposium thought tion tōn tragedies trans translation truth unjust Wasps Weaker Logos women words Xanthias young Zeus