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The fire & the sun: Why Plato banished the artists
by Iris Murdoch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0198245807
- ISBN 13
- 9780198245803
- Seller
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Pleasant Hill, California, United States
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About This Item
Clarendon Press, January 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. An introduction to the philosophy of Plato and his attitude to art and his theory of beauty in particular and an account of Murdoch's views on Plato and art. She broadens the discussion to include the opinions of other writers and philosophers, from Aristotle through to Kant, Tolstoy, Freud, Derrida and Jane Austen. Topics touched on are Plato's view of homosexuality, music as therapy, and the Greek view of fine art. Pictures are from the actual copy that is offered for sale.
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- Bookseller
- Friends Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 195791
- Title
- The fire & the sun: Why Plato banished the artists
- Author
- Iris Murdoch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198245807
- ISBN 13
- 9780198245803
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- January 1977
- Pages
- 96
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