In Praise of Dance, followed by In Praise of the Parasite and In Praise of the Fly.
Arlea| N° d'inventaire | 14317 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 110 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2007 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782869597822 |
The "Praise of Dance" is the most comprehensive writing that Antiquity has left us on an art that it has clearly always held in high esteem. An author like Lucian gives the best of himself in this text, where erudition is mixed with moral considerations, enriched with delicious anecdotes. In the "Praise of the Parasite," a dialogue between a parasite, Simon, and one of his friends, Lucian takes pleasure in recalling that philosophers always seem preoccupied with what they will find on their plate, and that, deep down, they only dream of becoming parasites themselves. As for the "Praise of the Fly," it is one of those speeches that the sophists delivered before an audience of connoisseurs, where the subject is less important than the way in which it is treated.
The "Praise of Dance" is the most comprehensive writing that Antiquity has left us on an art that it has clearly always held in high esteem. An author like Lucian gives the best of himself in this text, where erudition is mixed with moral considerations, enriched with delicious anecdotes. In the "Praise of the Parasite," a dialogue between a parasite, Simon, and one of his friends, Lucian takes pleasure in recalling that philosophers always seem preoccupied with what they will find on their plate, and that, deep down, they only dream of becoming parasites themselves. As for the "Praise of the Fly," it is one of those speeches that the sophists delivered before an audience of connoisseurs, where the subject is less important than the way in which it is treated.