Paul Stern

Dante's Philosophical Life

Politics and Human Wisdom in Purgatorio

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Produktbeschreibung

Paul Stern is Professor of Politics at Ursinus College and author of Knowledge and Politics in Plato's Theaetetus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Renewed Spirit Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9780812250114
• ISBN-10: 0812250117
• Artikelnr.: 48955639

Autorenporträt

Paul Stern

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Politics, Poetry, and Philosophy in Purgatorio
Chapter 2. "What Good Would Climbing Do?": The Rationale and Impetus for
the Pursuit of Self-Knowledge (Cantos I-IX)
Chapter 3. "To a Better Nature You Lie Subject": The Political Character of
Humanity and Nature (Cantos X-XVII)
Chapter 4. Disrobing the Siren: The Zealous Pursuit of Clarity (Cantos
XXVII-XIX)
Chapter 5. "When Love Breathes Within Me": The Desirability of Desire
(Cantos XIX-XXVII)
Chapter 6. "The Nest for Human Nature": Earthly Paradise and the "Happiness
in This Life" (Cantos XXVIII-XXXIII)
Chapter 7. Dante's Human Wisdom
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments