{"product_id":"socrates-and-aristophanes-9780226777191","title":"Socrates and Aristophanes","description":"In one of his last books, \u003ci\u003eSocrates and Aristophanes, \u003c\/i\u003e Leo Strauss's examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at eleven plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy, and that poetry emerges as an autonomous wisdom capable of rivaling philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Strauss gives us an impressive addition to his life's work--the recovery of the Great Tradition in political philosophy. The problem the book proposes centers formally upon Socrates. As is typical of Strauss, he raises profound issues with great courage. . . . [He addresses] a problem that has been inherent in Western life ever since [Socrates'] execution: the tension between reason and religion. . . . Thus, we come to Aristophanes, the great comic poet, and his attack on Socrates in the play \u003ci\u003eThe Clouds.\u003c\/i\u003e . . [Strauss] translates it into the basic problem of the relation between poetry and philosophy, and resolves this by an analysis of the function of comedy in the life of the city.\" --Stanley Parry, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Strauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226777191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrauss, Leo:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLeo Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e (1899-1973) was one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century. From 1949 to 1968 he was professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Political Philosophy of Hobbes, Natural Right and History, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpinoza's Critique of Religion, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44887281860723,"sku":"9780226777191","price":66.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_44b6ef2b-af62-4600-85ae-c16fe68d1f20.jpg?v=1776873854","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/socrates-and-aristophanes-9780226777191","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}