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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      December 2011
      November 2011
      ISBN:
      9781139028257
      9780521765107
      9781107526587
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139028257
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 292 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.4kg, 294 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Ancient Philosophy
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    Scholars have often focused on understanding Aristotle's poetic theory, and particularly the concept of catharsis in the Poetics, as a response to Plato's critique of pity in the Republic. However, this book shows that, while Greek thinkers all acknowledge pity and some form of fear as responses to tragedy, each assumes for the two emotions a different purpose, mode of presentation and, to a degree, understanding. This book reassesses expressions of the emotions within different tragedies and explores emotional responses to and discussions of the tragedies by contemporary philosophers, providing insights into the ethical and social implications of the emotions.

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