Dante''s Philosophical Life - Politics and Human Wisdom in 'Purgatorio'

Informationen zum Autor Paul Stern Klappentext Paul Stern is Professor of Politics at Ursinus College and author of Knowledge and Politics in Plato's Theaetetus. Zusammenfassung Dante's Philosophical Life argues that Purgatorio was intended to give instruction on how to live the philosophic life. Paul Stern's claim that Dante was arguing for prudence against dogmatisms of every kind addresses a question of contemporary concern: whether reason can guide a life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Paul Stern
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780812250114
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5011-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education