Doubt and skepticism in antiquity and the Renaissance /

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This book is an interdisciplinary study of the forms and uses of doubt in works by Homer, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Cicero, Machiavelli, Shakespeare and Montaigne. Based on close analysis of literary and philosophical texts by these important authors, Michelle Zerba argues that doubt is a defining ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zerba, Michelle, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Belief and doubt > History.
Skepticism > History.
Croyance et doute > Histoire.
Scepticisme > Histoire.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Belief and doubt.
Skepticism.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Farewell the tranquil mind": tragic doubt in Homer's Iliad, Sophocles' Philoctetes, and Shakespeare's Othello
  • Comic skepticism and polytropic strategies in Homer's Odyssey, Aristophanes' Women of the Thesmophoria, and Shakespeare's As you like it
  • Skepticism, politics, and rhetoric in the works of Cicero, Machiavelli, and Montaigne.

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