Satire | Discourses on Minerva

Plato was one of the great ironists of the ancient world and, in fact, bequeathed to the rest of literary culture the notion of literary irony. What is Platonic irony? Why does it enrich one’s reading of Plato? Why should we be aware of his use of irony and satire? Admittedly, Platonic irony is more … Continue reading Introduction to Plato: Platonic Irony and Satire