The Ancient Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy 1st Edition by Thomas Gould ISBN 9780691630755 0691630755

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ISBN 10: 0691630755

ISBN 13: 9780691630755

Author: Thomas Gould

Affecting audiences with depictions of suffering and injustice is a key function of tragedy, and yet it has long been viewed by philosophers as a dubious enterprise. In this book Thomas Gould uses both historical and theoretical approaches to explore tragedy and its power to gratify readers and audiences. He takes as his starting point Plato’s moral and psychological objections to tragedy, and the conflict he recognized between “poetry”—the exploitation of our yearning to see ourselves as victims—and “philosophy”—the insistence that all good people are happy. Plato’s objections to tragedy are shown to be an essential feature of Socratic rationalism and to constitute a formidable challenge even today. Gould makes a case for the rightness and psychological necessity of violence and suffering in literature, art, and religion, but he distinguishes between depictions of violence that elicit sympathy only for the victims and those that cause us to sympathize entirely with the perpetrators. It is chiefly the former, Gould argues, that fuel our responses not only to true tragedy but also to religious myths and critical displays of political rage.

Table of contents: 

An Introduction

1. An Introduction

2. Map of the Hanse in 1554 according to the London Steelyard Statutes

3. Guide to Hanse Research

4. The City of Lübeck and the Internationality of Early Hanseatic Trade

5. The London Steelyards Certifications of Membership 1463–1474 and the European Distribution Revolution

6. Day Books: The Example of George Mixstow’s Ship

7. Henry VI’s Order of 16 November 1428

8. Edward IV’s Order of 10 May 1465

9. Hansards and the Other Perceptions and Strategies in Late Medieval Bergen

10. Bruges as Hansestadt

11. Why Small Hanseatic Firms Survived in the Late Middle Ages

12. Business as Usual? A Critical Investigation on the Hanseatic Pound Toll Lists

13. Trade Networks and Entrepreneurial Techniques: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

14. Conclusion

15. An Epilogue

16. List of Contributors

Diversity and Unity in Hanseatic Maritime Law
17. Diversity and Unity in Hanseatic Maritime Law
18. Sale of Goods around the Baltic Sea in the Middle Ages

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