Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (1): Why We Love Tragedy

Lectures by Michael Davis, Professor of Philosophy, delivered in the fall semester of 2018 at Sarah Lawrence College. Davis works primarily in Greek philosophy, in moral and political philosophy, and in what might be called the “poetics” of philosophy. He is the translator, with Seth Benardete, of Aristotle's On Poetics and has written on a variety of philosophers from Plato to Heidegger and of literary figures from Homer and the Greek tragedians to Saul Bellow and Tom Stoppard. More information about Davis is available at michaelpeterdavis.com. More philosophical content can be found at www.thinkinvisible.com. Videos edited by Sebastian Soper and Alexandre Legrand. The above is taken from the video description, which is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0w1jqwoiwk --- Original writing: williamengels.substack.com Enjoy.