Plato and the Power of Images

Plato and the Power of Images
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 251
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ISBN-10 : 9789004345010
ISBN-13 : 9004345019
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Download or read book Plato and the Power of Images written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plato is well known both for the harsh condemnations of images and image-making poets that appear in his dialogues and for the vivid and intense imagery that he himself uses in his matchless prose. Through their resemblance to true reality, images have the power to move their viewers to action and to change themselves, but because of their distance from true reality, that power always remains problematic. Two recurrent problems addressed here are how an image resembles what it represents and how to avoid mistaking that image for what it represents. Plato and the Power of Images comprises twelve chapters on the ways Plato has used images, and the ways we could, or should, understand their status as images.


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