Enchanting the Soul: The Rhetoric and Poetry of Plato’s Republic

• In Event: In Plato and Beyond

Brief Overview

Plato often seems to discuss rhetoric and poetry only as a way of illuminating philosophy by contrast. However, we show that the Republic in fact follows the formal structure of a rhetorical speech and incorporates poetic forms into that structure.

Authors

• Ivy Flessen, Duke University

• Michael Allen Gillespie, Duke University

• Michael Collins Hawley, Duke University