Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau: Romantic Souls, Realist Lives
This accessible and jargon-free book features readings of over 20 key texts and authors in Western poetry and philosophy, including Homer, Plato, Beowulf , Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Rousseau. Simon Haines presents a thought-provoking and theoretically aware account of Western literature and philosophy, arguing that the history of both can be seen as a struggle between two different conceptions of the self: the 'romantic' (or dualist) vs the 'realist' or ('extended').
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Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau: Romantic Souls, Realist Lives
This accessible and jargon-free book features readings of over 20 key texts and authors in Western poetry and philosophy, including Homer, Plato, Beowulf , Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Rousseau. Simon Haines presents a thought-provoking and theoretically aware account of Western literature and philosophy, arguing that the history of both can be seen as a struggle between two different conceptions of the self: the 'romantic' (or dualist) vs the 'realist' or ('extended').
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781403944184 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication date: | 11/23/2004 |
Edition description: | 2005 |
Pages: | 214 |
Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d) |
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