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The pais of paizo: children, intoxication, and play in ancient psycho-physiology -- Why Plato needs play -- Plato's play and the tragic paradox -- What do pleasure-objects do? : an inquiry into toys -- Aristotle's demotion of play -- Play vs. mimesis in Aristotle's aesthetics --…
What is art's relationship to play? Those interested in this question tend to look to modern philosophy for answers, but, as this book shows, the question was already debated in antiquity by luminaries like Plato and Aristotle. Over the course of eight chapters, this book contex…
Basic dialectical concepts -- The learning procedure -- The mixed life and its causes -- Pure pleasure and knowledge in the order of the good life -- The intrinsic goodness of pure pleasure -- Purity and the sciences -- Conclusion: Why should the good come to be?
Plato's Philebus presents a fascinating dialogue between the life of the mind and the life of pleasure. While Socrates decisively prioritizes the life of reason, he also shows that certain pleasures contribute to making the good life good. The Emerging Good in Plato's "Philebus"…
"A stimulating psychoanalytic investigation that encourages a rethinking of the term 'Jouissance'"
"A stimulating psychoanalytic investigation that encourages a rethinking of the term 'Jouissance'"--
"A stimulating psychoanalytic investigation that encourages a rethinking of the term 'Jouissance'"--