Hearing, Sound, and the Auditory in Ancient Greece

Jill Gordon is Professor of Philosophy and Class of 1940/NEH Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Colby College. She is the author of Turning Toward Philosophy: Literary Device and Dramatic Structure in Plato's Dialogues and Plato's Erotic World: From Cosmic Origins to Human Death.

"Hearing, Sound, and the Auditory in Ancient Greece attunes readers of ancient philosophy to themes of noise, sound, speech and their interrelation, which certainly are the sort of things that we might overlook if it were not for the care and attention provided by the essays in this volume."—Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky"The essays in Hearing, Sound, and the Auditory in Ancient Greece share an attention to hearing as something philosophically significant across numerous texts and figures in ancient Greek philosophy—from Heraclitus and other Presocratics to Plato and Aristotle and later antiquity. This thematic focus allows for the authors to address the connection to a range of phenomena of interest to philosophers: logos, sense-perception, silence, crowd noise, the experience of pain. The collection as a whole makes for fascinating reading, and will be certain to inspire future work in philosophy."—Robert Metcalf, University of Colorado Denver

• AcknowledgmentsEditor's Introduction, by Jill GordonPart I: Listening to the Logoi1. Wakeful Living, Wakeful Listening in Heraclitus, by Drew A. Hyland2. Sound, Water, and the Unity of Life in Empedocles, by Michael M. Shaw3. Indoor Voices: Adriana Cavarero and Jacques Derrida on the Devocalization of Logos in Plato, by Michael Naas4. Hearing, Touch, and Practical Intelligence in Aristotle's Philosophy, by Eve Rabinoff5. Listening to the "Egg", by Sean Alexander GurdPart II: Sound Education6. Like Those Who Are Untested: Heraclitus' Logos as Tuning Instrument for Psuchê, by Jessica E. Decker7. Philosophical Listening in Plato's Lysis, by Shane M. Ewegen8. Sound and the Soul in Plato, by Ryan T. DrakePart III: Sound Politics9. Listening to the Seventh Letter, by Jill Gordon10. Observations on Listening in Aristotle's Practical Philosophy, by I-Kai Jeng11. Mis-aulogy: Aristotle on the Politics of Sound, by Sara BrillPart IV: Alogos, Embodiment, and Silence12. The Sound of Pain in Sophocles' Philoctetes, by Rebecca Goldner13. Socratic Death Rattles: Pythagorean Hearing and Listening in Plato's Phaedo, by Kris McLain and Anne-Marie Schultz14. Socrates' Body and the Voice of Philosophy, by James Barrett15. Works of Silence, by Jeremy BellIndex