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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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 78
עמוד 16
... and symbolized by the summit of his mountain . At the same time , he must deal with his body's desire to descend through its natural physical inclinations to its perfected condition believed to exist on 16 THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS.
... and symbolized by the summit of his mountain . At the same time , he must deal with his body's desire to descend through its natural physical inclinations to its perfected condition believed to exist on 16 THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS.
עמוד 17
... mountain . Sisyphus as humanist symbolizes the rational and creative faculties of the human will aspiring to refashion human nature through the process of eugenic education to overcome the moral and intellectual impediments that ...
... mountain . Sisyphus as humanist symbolizes the rational and creative faculties of the human will aspiring to refashion human nature through the process of eugenic education to overcome the moral and intellectual impediments that ...
עמוד 22
... mountain or why he must engage in a seemingly mean- ingless action are irrelevant questions . Myth is an essential part of the spir- itual education of human beings and moves beyond the mere perception of what is immediate and transient ...
... mountain or why he must engage in a seemingly mean- ingless action are irrelevant questions . Myth is an essential part of the spir- itual education of human beings and moves beyond the mere perception of what is immediate and transient ...
עמוד 23
... mountain in Tartarus . He must push a rock up a mountain , but the rock rolls back down just before he can reach the summit . Through his cyclical labor , Sisyphus reenacts his eternal physical , intellectual , and spiritual desires for ...
... mountain in Tartarus . He must push a rock up a mountain , but the rock rolls back down just before he can reach the summit . Through his cyclical labor , Sisyphus reenacts his eternal physical , intellectual , and spiritual desires for ...
עמוד 27
... mountain in Tar- tarus only to have it roll back before he can reach the summit , but he was empowered by the gods with a superior strength and fortitude to repeat this cycle forever.2 Sisyphus challenged the ambiguous morality of the ...
... mountain in Tar- tarus only to have it roll back before he can reach the summit , but he was empowered by the gods with a superior strength and fortitude to repeat this cycle forever.2 Sisyphus challenged the ambiguous morality of the ...
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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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
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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