Full Idea
The pre-Socratics are interesting, but philosophy really begins in drama; it's a competitive discourse to tragedy. Which is why Plato's 'Republic' excludes the poets: they're the competition; gotta get rid of them.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy really got started as the rival mode of discourse to tragedy
Source
Simon Critchley (Impossible Objects: interviews [2012], 6)
Book Reference
Critchley,Simon: 'Impossible Objects: interviews' [Politty 2012], p.110
A Reaction
That's an interesting and novel perspective. So what was the 'discourse' of tragedy saying, and why did that provoke the new rival? Was it too fatalistic?