PITY AND DISGUST IN PLATO'S REPUBLIC: THE CASE OF LEONTIUS.
A critique is presented of the philosophical work "Republic" by ancient Greek author Plato, focusing on a passage that describes the reaction of a man named Leontius to the sight of the corpses of criminals in order to illustrate Plato's conception of the social aspects of pity and disgust. The auth...
| Publicado en: | Classical Philology Vol. 108; no. 3; pp. 179 - 202 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Chicago Press
Jul2013
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