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Literature: Literature encompasses written works that use language and form to create an artistic experience. It is distinguished from other types of writing like scientific texts. See also Writing, Texts._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Plato on Literature - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 374 Literature/Scripture/Writing/Plato/Gadamer: [Plato's] critique of scripture should also be appreciated from the point of view that it shows that the poetic and philosophical tradition in Athens has become literature. We see in Plato's dialogues how the "interpretation" of texts, as practiced in sophistic speech, especially that of poetry for didactic purposes, challenged Plato's rejection. We also see how Plato seeks to overcome the weakness of the Logoi, and especially the written Logoi, through his own dialogue poetry. The literary form of dialogue places language and concept back into the original movement of conversation. The word is thus protected against all dogmatic abuse. >Writing/Plato, >Logos/Plato, >Logos/Ancient philosophy._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |