Camus'' Hellenic Sources

Informationen zum Autor Paul Archambault, né le 8 avril 1883 à Orléans et mort le 22 novembre 1950 à Versailles, est un écrivain essayiste et philosophe français. Klappentext Paul Archambault explores the evolution of Camus' attitude toward Hellenism and Christianity as seen through his writing. The author considers problems as disparate as Camus' use and misuse of Aeschylus and the Presocratics, his ambivalent appraisal of Socrates, the "Plotinian" nature of his aesthetics, his identification of Christianity with Augustinian theology, and the Gnostic resonance of his characteristic ideas. Zusammenfassung Explores the evolution of Camus' attitude toward Hellenism and Christianity as seen through his writing. The author considers problems as disparate as Camus' use and misuse of Aeschylus and the Presocratics! his ambivalent appraisal of Socrates! the "Plotinian" nature of his aesthetics! his identification of Christianity with Augustinian theology! and the Gnostic resonance of his characteristic ideas.

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• Authors: Paul Archambault
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780807891193
• ISBN: 978-0-8078-9119-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures; North Carolina Studies in the
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies