On Germans and Other Greeks: Tragedy and Ethical Life
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253214432 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Supplementing the philosophical readings of tragedy by contemporary thinkers such as Martha Nussbaum and Judith Butler, this deeply felt book suggests that tragedies offer insights into ethical truth even and especially for our post-historical age. From Library Journal This rewarding new book by Schmidt (The Ubiquity of the Finite; philosophy, Villanova Univ.) explores the fixation on Greek tragedy of major post-Kant- ian German thinkers including Hegel, Schelling, Nietzsche, and Heidegger and the Romantic poet H lderlin. . A careful reconstruction of Plato's and Aristotle's an
Dennis J. He is author of The Ubiquity of the Finite and translator of Ernst Bloch's Natural Law and Human Dignity.. Schmidt is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University
Enlisting a wide range of literary and philosophical texts, some translated into English for the first time, Schmidt reveals that contemporary notions of tragedy, art, ethics, and truth are intimately linked to the Greeks.Dennis J. Through the Greeks, the Germans reflected on the enigmas of ethical life and asked innovative questions about how to live an ethical life outside of the typical assumptions and restrictions of traditional Western metaphysics. On Germans and Other GreeksTragedy and Ethical LifeDennis J. Schmidt examines tragedy as one of the highest forms of human expression for both the ancients and the moderns. Schmidt is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. It bears on our understanding of the role of the arts and of philosophical thinking in our culture." Rodolphe GaschéIn this illuminating work, Dennis J. Schmidt’s engagements with Schelling, Hegel, Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger show how German philosophical appropriations of Greek tragedy conceived of ethics as moving beyond the struggle between good and evil toward the discovery of community truths. SchmidtWhat Greek tragedy and German philosophy reveal about the mean
as they each seem to stand alone nicely. It certainly helps to have some working sense Karma Lucid and well written text- I've read it twice through, and then addressed chapters singularly, as they each seem to stand alone nicely. It certainly helps to have some working sense of the thinkers Schmidt discusses, but probably not completely necessary. Highly recommended for anyone interested in cont