{"product_id":"the-tragedy-of-reason-david-roochnik-9780367713003","title":"The Tragedy of Reason: Toward a Platonic Conception of Logos","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe classical conception of reason (or \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e) has been repeatedly attacked in the modern era. Its enemies range from Descartes, who complains that \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e is not sufficiently useful or precise, to Derrida who hopes to liberate Western thought from its bondage to \"logocentrism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt least since the time of Nietzsche, Plato has been damned as the chief architect of the classical conception of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e. He is accused of overvaluing reason and thereby devaluing the other, more human aspects of life. As it was originally formulated in Nietzsche's \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Plato has been taken to be the arch-enemy of tragedy, which for Nietzsche was the most life-affirming of all the art forms of Greek culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1990, \u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e defends Plato against his accusers. Employing a mode of exposition which exhibits Plato's position, Roochnik presents the Platonic conception of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e in confrontation with texts by Homer, Hesiod, Heraclitus, Aristotle, Descartes, Porty, and Derrida. In clear language, unencumbered by technical terminology, Roochnik shows that Platonic conception of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e is keenly aware of the strength of its opponents. The result is a presentation of Plato as a \"tragic philosopher\" whose conception of \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e is characterized by an affirmation of its own limits as well as its goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Roochnik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367713004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367713003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d","brand":"David Roochnik","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071078723839,"sku":"9780367713003","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9dc7fa96-4270-4f65-b0ff-b0886fe63b88.jpg?v=1685434029","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tragedy-of-reason-david-roochnik-9780367713003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}