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9781611860542

The Sacrifice of Socrates

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  • ISBN13:

    9781611860542

  • ISBN10:

    1611860547

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-10-01
  • Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr
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Summary

When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public's blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as René Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato's Apologydepicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his Critoshows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a pharmakosfigure, the human drug through whom Plato can dispense his philosophical remedies. With tremendous insight and satisfying complexity, this book analyzes classical texts through the lens of Girard's mimetic mechanism.

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