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Oi Kpitikoi in Philodemus
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This article is published in Mnemosyne.The article was published on 1968-01-01. It has received 79 citations till now.read more
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Aristotle's Poetics
TL;DR: Halliwell as mentioned in this paper argues that at the heart of the "Poetics" lies a philosophical urge to instill a secularized understanding of Greek tragedy, and that the "poetics" is a coherent statement of a challenging theory of poetic art and hints towards a theory of mimetic art in general.
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Social and political thought
TL;DR: For example, Finley and Sinclair as mentioned in this paper argued that Plato and Aristotle were the first genuine political theorists of antiquity, and the last to attempt a complete and coherent account of the ideal society grounded in systematic metaphysics, epistemology, psychology and ethics.
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Plato and poetry
TL;DR: The great challenge for any interpreter of Plato's views on poetry is to understand why he is so uncompromisingly hostile towards it as mentioned in this paper, and why he should seek to subordinate poetic to philosophic measures of expression and understanding.