The spell of mimesis: poetry and philosophy between being and being able to be

Authors

  • Leonardo V. Distaso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/5345

Keywords:

Socrates, Plato, Poetry, Communication, Adorno

Abstract

Forgetting the socratic vocation and the platonic sentence – the most difficult and risky task – also means stop explaining everything to the people, the same people who Plato wants to lead out to the cave, and who Socrates said was more able that poets to reason. Adorno broke this spell to find again the enchantment of poetry (after Auschwitz), beyond the communication announcing the impossibility of the same communication and bringing again the word to itself.

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Published

2017-12-12

How to Cite

Distaso, L. V. (2017). The spell of mimesis: poetry and philosophy between being and being able to be. Bollettino Filosofico, 32, 27–44. https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/5345

Issue

Vol. 32 (2017): Poetry and philosophy compared. Starting from the modern

Section

Focus

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