Platonic Coleridge

Informationen zum Autor James Vigus Klappentext The ambivalent curiosity of the young poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) towards Plato - 'but I love Plato - his dear gorgeous nonsense!' - soon developed into a philosophical project! and the mature Coleridge proclaimed himself a reviver of Plato's unwritten or esoteric 'systems'. James Vigus's study traces Coleridge's discovery of a Plato marginalised in the universities! and examines his use of German sources on the 'divine philosopher'! and his Platonic interpretation of Kant's epistemology. It compares Coleridge's figurations of poetic inspiration with models in the Platonic dialogues! and investigates whether Coleridge's esoteric 'system' of philosophy ultimately fulfilled the Republics notorious banishment of poetry. Zusammenfassung This book traces Coleridge's discovery of a Plato marginalised in the universities, and examines his use of German sources on the 'divine philosopher'. It compares Coleridge's figurations of poetic inspiration with models in the Platonic dialogues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Plato's 'Dear Gorgeous Nonsense': The 'Wild-minded Disciple of Socrates' 2. Coleridge's Kant: Preparer and Opponent of Platonism 3. The Ancient Quarrel between Poetry and Philosophy 4. Plato in Coleridge's Lectures on the History of Philosophy: Exoteric Lectures, Esoteric Marginalia 5. Restoring Plato's 'System': The Friend and the Opus Maximum 6. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: James Vigus, Vigus James
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2008
• EAN: 9781906540067
• ISBN: 978-1-906540-06-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Studies in Comparative Literat; Studies in Comparative Literat
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history and criticism