The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human PerfectibilityFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2007 - 614 עמודים The myth of Sisyphus symbolizes the idealization of human excellence as a perpetual process of becoming over the impossibility of absolute achievement. In Stoic philosophy, the writing of the Early Church Fathers, and in its allegorical interpretations in medieval and renaissance mythologies, Sisyphus is the archetypal model of human perfectibility. This Sisyphean archetype is a principal theme in renaissance theories of astral magic in the works of Pico, Ficino, Reuchlin, Paracelsus, Agrippa, and Dee. Erasmus, Melanchthon, and Ascham, and in utopian thought from More to Bacon. Sisyphus illuminates the sacred mysteries of life in the works of Philo Judaeus, Plato, Nicholas Cusanus, and Ficino; the spiritual and sensual contraries of love in the dialogues of Leone Ebreo, Bembo, and Bruno; and the tribulations of the unrequited lover in the works of Petrarch, Ronsard, and Sidney. |
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... excellence . In Stoic philosophy , although Sisyphus rebels against the gods , his punishment au- thorizes his eternal reengagement with the burden of his assertion of rational and moral excellence . The Stoic Sisyphus , obedient to the ...
... excellence . In Stoic philosophy , although Sisyphus rebels against the gods , his punishment au- thorizes his eternal reengagement with the burden of his assertion of rational and moral excellence . The Stoic Sisyphus , obedient to the ...
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Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility Elliott M. Simon. The Myth of Sisyphus Introduction : Myth and the Quest for Human Excellence IN.
Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility Elliott M. Simon. The Myth of Sisyphus Introduction : Myth and the Quest for Human Excellence IN.
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... Excellence IN for our personal aspirations and achievements , it is inevitable that we find ourselves overwhelmed by a profound sense of ... excellence implicit in material forms 13 Introduction: Myth and the Quest for Human Excellence.
... Excellence IN for our personal aspirations and achievements , it is inevitable that we find ourselves overwhelmed by a profound sense of ... excellence implicit in material forms 13 Introduction: Myth and the Quest for Human Excellence.
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... excellence derived from his knowledge of Scripture is frustrated when he backslides under the burden of sin and descends into the monstrousness of the world . Never- theless , within this cyclical process of ascending and descending ...
... excellence derived from his knowledge of Scripture is frustrated when he backslides under the burden of sin and descends into the monstrousness of the world . Never- theless , within this cyclical process of ascending and descending ...
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... excellence . Love is a prominent theme in Renaissance theories of human per- fectibility , and the myth of Sisyphus provides an archetypal model of the aspirant lover's spiritual and erotic quest for his union with the divine , the Good ...
... excellence . Love is a prominent theme in Renaissance theories of human per- fectibility , and the myth of Sisyphus provides an archetypal model of the aspirant lover's spiritual and erotic quest for his union with the divine , the Good ...
תוכן
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The Patristic Sisyphus | 67 |
Sisyphus in Medieval and Renaissance Mythography | 86 |
Sisyphus as Astral Magician | 110 |
Sisyphus as Humanist | 136 |
Sisyphus as Lover | 193 |
Sisyphus as Hero | 313 |
Notes | 427 |
Bibliography | 544 |
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The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility <span dir=ltr>Elliott M. Simon</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2007 |
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