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Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato's famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato's challenge was resolved long ago. In Art and Truth after Plato, Tom R...
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| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato's famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato's challenge was resolved long ago. In Art and Truth after Plato, Tom Rockmore argues that Plato has in fact never been satisfactorily answered-and to demonstrate that, he offers a comprehensive account of Plato's influence through nearly the whole history of Western aesthetics. Rockmore offers a cogent reading of the post-Platonic aesthetic tra |
| Carrier Form: | 335 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780226040165 (electronic bk.) 022604016X (electronic bk.) 9780226040028 (hbk.) : |
| Index Number: | N72 |
| CLC: | I106 |
| Call Number: | I106/R683 |
| Contents: | Plato and Platonism on poetry, art, and truth -- Aristotle on the theory of forms, imitative poetry, and art in general -- Art and the transcendent, or Christian Platonic and anti-Platonic art -- Kant and German idealist aesthetics -- Hegel on art and spiritual truth -- Marx, Marxism, and aesthetic realism -- On the theory and practice of representation in the twentieth century. |