Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry

<p>Now available in paperback, <strong><em>The Quarrel Between Philosophy</em></strong><strong><em>and Poetry</em></strong> focuses on the theoretical and practical suppositions of the long-standing conflict between philosophy and poetry. Stanley Rosen--one of the leading Plato scholars of our day--examines philosophical activity, questioning whether technical philosophy is a species of poetry, a political program, an interpretation of human existence according to the ideas of 19th and 20th-century thinkers, or a contemplation of beings and Being.</p> Preface 1. The Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry 2. Philosophy and Revolution 3. Plato's Myth of the Reversed Cosmos 4. The Nonlover in Plato's Phaedrus 5. Socreates as Concealed Lover 6. The Role of Eros in Plato's Republic 7. Thought and Touch: A Note on Aristotle's De Anima 8. Heidegger's Interpretation of Plato 9. Much Ado About Nothing: Aristotle Contra Eleaticism 10. Remarks on Nietzche's Platonism Notes Index of Names