Tag Archives: Greek tragedy

Greek Tragedy & the Fragility of Goodness

By Robin Bates | Published: April 27, 2021

Martha Nussbaum contents that Aristotle’s use of Greek tragedy gave him a particularly rich vision of how to lead a good life.

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Why Trump Is Not a Tragic Hero

By Robin Bates | Published: October 1, 2019

Wednesday The strangest development in the Trump Ukraine scandal may be the way that Trump himself has given us the smoking gun—which is to say, the rough transcript of a phone call where he tries to shake down the Ukrainian president for dirt on the 2020 political opponent he most fears. Jon Meacham attributes Trump’s […]

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Aristotle Wrong about Tragic Heroes

By Robin Bates | Published: February 6, 2013

Revealing his prejudices, Aristotle tries to limit those whose suffering can be labeled tragic.

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Why Literary Suffering Made Plato Nervous

By Robin Bates | Published: February 5, 2013

Plato worried that Greek tragedy causes us to act irrationally.

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Doc, Prescribe Me a Poem

By Robin Bates | Published: October 10, 2012

Literature as therapy, Greek tragedy as soap opera: assorted articles about lit and life.

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