Greek tragedy and political philosophy : rationalism and religion in Sophocles' Theban plays /
In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf examines Sophocles' powerful analysis of a central question of political philosophy and a perennial question of political life: should citizens and leaders govern political society by the light of unaided human reason or religious faith? Through an examination of...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf examines Sophocles' powerful analysis of a central question of political philosophy and a perennial question of political life: should citizens and leaders govern political society by the light of unaided human reason or religious faith? Through an examination of Sophocles' timeless masterpieces - Oedipus the Tyrant, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone - Ahrensdorf offers a sustained challenge to the prevailing view, championed by Nietzsche in his attack on Socratic rationalism, that Sophocles is an opponent of rationalism. Ahrensdorf argues that Sophocles is a genui. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 192 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780521515863 0521515866 9780511508493 0511508492 9780511507045 0511507046 |