Plato's Socrates and Aristophanes's - 10/12/10

Published: Oct. 14, 2010, 5:12 a.m.

b"Philosophy vs. comedy: this world and the world of forms. The competition between them. Theories of truth: coherence vs. correspondence. Philosophy wants consistency, whereas comedy isn't interested in consistency but simply in correspondence. Aristophanes and Jon Stewart: political commentary."