scholarly journals Mil Homeros e mais um: Borges e a literatura grega

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
Tereza Virgínia Ribeiro Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Jorge Luis Borges ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Baruch Spinoza ◽  
Thomas Browne

Resumo: O artigo trata de uma leitura pessoal e “classicista” de algumas conferências de Jorge Luis Borges e do conto Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Pretendemos mostrar a importância dos poemas homéricos para uma nova direção interpretativa. Examinamos passagens do texto e propomos quatro analogias genéricas: Ashe/Schliemann; Uqbar/Baruch/Spinoza; Tlön/Troia e, finalmente, a obra de Thomas Browne, Urn burial (1893), e o último canto da Ilíada de Homero.Palavras-chave: Borges; metáfora; analogia; história; ficção; literatura grega; Tlön; Troia.Abstract: This paper deals with a particular reading – a classicist’s point of view – of some Jorge Luis Borges’ conferences about literature and of the tale Tlön, Uqbar, orbis tertius. We intend to show the importance of the Homeric poems for a new direction of interpretation. We examine passages in the text and propose four general analogies: Ashe/Schliemann; Uqbar/ Baruch/Spinoza; Tlön/Troia and the Thomas Browne’s Urn burial (1893) and last book of the Iliad of Homer.Keywords: Borges; metaphor; analogy; history; fiction; Greek literature; Tlön; Troy.

scholarly journals Mil Homeros e mais um: Borges e a literatura grega

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Tereza Virgínia Ribeiro Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Jorge Luis Borges ◽  
Baruch Spinoza ◽  
Thomas Browne

O artigo trata de uma leitura pessoal e “classicista” de algumas conferências de Jorge Luis Borges e do conto Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Pretendemos mostrar a importância dos poemas homéricos para uma nova direção interpretativa. Examinamos passagens do texto e propomos quatro analogias genéricas: Ashe/Schliemann; Uqbar/Baruch/Spinoza; Tlön/Troia e, finalmente, a obra de Thomas Browne, Urn burial (1893), e o último canto da Ilíada de Homero.

scholarly journals Immanuel Kant and Herman Cohen’s philosophy of religion

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Belov ◽  
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Aleksandra Yu. Berdnikova ◽  
Yulia G. Karagod ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Immanuel Kant ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Jewish Tradition ◽  
Baruch Spinoza ◽  
Moses Mendelssohn ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Characteristic Features

The article analyzes the main characteristic features of the philosophy of religion of the founder of the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism Hermann Cohen. Special attention is paid to Cohen’s criticism and reinterpretation of Kant’s “practical philosophy” from the point of view of the philosophy of religion: Cohen supplements and expands Kant’s provisions on moral law and moral duty, interpreting them as divine commandments. The authors emphasize the fundamental importance for Cohen of the “internal similarity” between Kant’s ethical teaching and the main provisions of Judaism. The sources of Kant’s own ideas about the Jewish tradition are shown, which include the work of Moses Mendelssohn “Jerusalem” and the “Theologicalpolitical treatise” by Baruch Spinoza. Cohen’s criticism of these works is analyzed an much attention is paid to the consideration of Cohen’s attitude to Spinoza’s philosophical legacy in general. The interpretation of the postulates of Judaism by Cohen (and their “inner kinship” with Kant’s moral philosophy) in ethical, logical, and political contexts is presented. Cohen’s understanding of such religious-philosophical and doctrinal phenomena as law, grace, Revelation, teaching, the Torah, messianism, freedom, the Old Testament and the New Testament, etc. is provided and analyzed. The main points of Cohen’s religious teaching as “ethical monotheism” are considered; in particular, the authors analyze his understanding of the idea of God as “the only one”, which is highlighted in the works of Paul Natorp. It is concluded that Cohen’s philosophy of religion, which is based on the postulates of Judaism as well as Kant’s “practical philosophy”, could be characterized by the terms “ethical monotheism”, “universalism” and “humanism”.

scholarly journals Fernández Druetta, Lelio. Un claro laberinto. Compilador y editor Jean-Paul Margot

2018 ◽  
pp. 281-293
Author(s):  
Andrés Lema
Keyword(s):  
Jorge Luis Borges ◽  
Umberto Eco ◽  
Baruch Spinoza ◽  
Jean Paul

Tanto le debo a Lelio Fernández . . . La enumeración incompleta de esa deuda me lleva a mis años de filosofía en Cali, Colombia, de 1985 a 1989. En sus clases, gracias al placer por la lectura en detalle, Lelio contagiaba con la emoción de querer entender; lograba conectarnos con la historia de la cultura sin desplegar ninguna ayuda “audio-visual”; transmitía su deseo de estar siempre saboreando las obras de Baruch Spinoza (1632‒1677) y de Jorge Luis Borges (1899‒1986); se limitaba a sentarse detrás de un escritorio en los salones de clase, hablando bajo y con precisión y con emoción contenida; era necesario llegar casi dos horas antes a ese salón de clase en la Universidad del Valle para no estar obligado a medio-escuchar sus pensamientos en el corredor; me ayudó en la traducción de los apartes en latín, y aún no publicados en castellano, que Umberto Eco (1932‒2016) incluyó en El nombre de la rosa; y tradujo al castellano, con Jean-Paul Margot, el Breve tratado de la reforma del entendimiento también de Spinoza.

Joseph Hall and Neo-Stoicism

PMLA ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1130-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Chew
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Natural Religion ◽  
Ethical Point ◽  
Rule Of Life ◽  
Right Reason ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Thomas Browne ◽  
The Universe

During his own lifetime Bishop Joseph Hall was nicknamed “our spiritual Seneca” by Henry Wotton and later called “our English Seneca” by Thomas Fuller; as a result it has recently become fashionable to associate him with seventeenth-century English Neo-Stoicism. A seventeenth-century Neo-Stoic is of interest presumably because he points in the direction of eighteenth-century Neo-Stoicism, away from a revealed religion toward a natural religion, away from faith toward reason. In a recent article Philip A. Smith calls Hall “the leading Neo-Stoic of the seventeenth century” and says that he enthusiastically preached the “Neo-Stoic brand of theology” to which Sir Thomas Browne objected. This theology maintained that “to follow ‘right reason’ was to follow nature, which was the same thing as following God.” Smith goes on to say that “what most attracted seventeenth-century Christian humanists like Bishop Hall was the fact that Stoicism attempted to frame a theory of the universe and of the individual man which would approximate a rule of life in conformity with an ‘immanent cosmic reason‘”—though in the same paragraph he also mentions the point “that Neo-Stoic divines of the seventeenth century were interested in Stoicism almost exclusively from the ethical point of view.” He cites Lipsius to show how a Christian might reach an approximation between the Stoic Fate and Christian Providence, leaving the reader to assume that Hall might also have made this approximation. He says that “the natural light of reason, as expounded by the Stoic philosophers, became, for seventeenth-century Neo-Stoics, the accepted guide to conduct” and that “religious and moral writers endeavored to trace a relationship between moral and natural law which in effect resulted in the practical code of ethical behavior commonly associated with Neo-Stoicism.”

A Theory of Character in the Fourth Gospel with Reference to Ancient and Modern Literature

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-421
Author(s):  
Cornelis Bennema
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Narrative Criticism ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Fourth Gospel ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Comprehensive Theory ◽  
Modern Fiction

AbstractBoth literary theory and biblical narrative criticism lack an articulate, comprehensive theory of character. Many Gospel critics perceive character in the Hebrew Bible (where characters can develop) to be radically different from that in ancient Greek literature (where characters are supposedly consistent ethical types). Most people also sharply distinguish between modern fiction and its psychological, individualistic approach to character and ancient characterization where character lacks personality or individuality. In Part I, we examine concepts of character in ancient Hebrew and Greek literature as well as modern fiction, arguing that although there are differences in characterization, these are differences in emphases rather than kind. It is better to speak of degrees of characterization along a continuum. In Part II, we develop a comprehensive theory of character in the Fourth Gospel, consisting of three aspects. First, we study character in text and context, using information in the text and other sources. Second, we analyze and classify the Johannine characters along three dimensions (complexity, development, inner life), and plot the resulting character on a continuum of degree of characterization (from agent to type to personality to individuality). We observe that many Johannine characters are more complex and round than has been believed so far. Third, we analyze and evaluate the characters' responses to Jesus in relation to the Fourth Evangelist's evaluative point of view, purpose and dualistic worldview.

scholarly journals Greek Genealogical Epic: Vitality of Its Formulaic Diction

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
José-Antonio Fernández-Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Oral Poetry ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Greek Epic ◽  
Poetic Expression

Abstract One aspect of the Greek epic that has yet to be thoroughly explored is the possibility of differentiating, in the midst of formulaic wording, the different genres that from the point of view of Greek literature comprise, for example, the telling of heroic deeds (Iliad, Odyssey), gnomic-paraenetic poetry (Works and Days), or the stories of genealogies, be they divine (Theogony), or heroic (Ehoiai). However, each of these forms of poetic expression had available a specific formulaic apparatus apart from the other much more abundant and more visible, the epic one, shared among the different genres. Thus has it been pointed out on some occasions, although the critics have scarcely pursued the consequences. Here my proposal consists of investigating the dynamics of the formulaic diction of oral poetry of the genealogical type, based on information provided in this regard by the Hesiodic poems of the Theogony, and above all, of the Catalogue of Women.

An Unpublished Funeral Oration on Anna Comnena

1962 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Browning
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Classical Antiquity ◽  
Good Luck ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Worth Reading ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Major Figure ◽  
The Times ◽  
Editio Princeps

The Byzantinist has one advantage over the student of classical antiquity—unless the latter happens to be a papyrologist. With a little diligence and a minimum of good luck he can easily unearth unpublished texts and find himself producing an editio princeps. And however often one has turned over the leaves of a manuscript and laboriously read words which have remained unread for perhaps five centuries or more, it never loses its thrill. Yet one must admit that the advantage is less than it seems. The classical scholar's texts are usually worth reading from some point of view, while what the Byzantinist finds is so often empty rhetorical verbiage. Byzantine funeral orations are notorious for their lack of information on the life of the deceased. Yet they never tell us absolutely nothing if we read them alertly, and they are sometimes remarkably informative on the ideas and values of the times. When the subject is a major figure of medieval Greek literature about the details of whose life we are very much in the dark, even the most trifling addition to our knowledge is welcome. It is this thought which encourages me to present a hitherto unknown Byzantine writer of the middle of the twelfth century—George Tornikes, Metropolitan of Ephesus—and to dwell in particular on his funeral oration on Anna Comnena.

scholarly journals APGLĖBIANTIS MĄSTYMO BŪDAS

Problemos ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktorija Daujotytė-Pakerienė
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Marcel Proust ◽  
Jorge Luis Borges ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
The Common ◽  
General Mode ◽  
The Individual

Straipsnyje, remiantis moksline ir menine medžiaga, aptariama humanistikos metodų problema. Keliama mintis, kad vaisingiausi metodai yra susiję su bendresniu mąstymu, su teorija. Jei metodas tik perimamas, jis virsta įrankiu, metodologijos dažnai, ypač disertacijose, tik imituojamos. Pasiremiama A. J. Greimo mintimi apie „apglėbiantį mąstymo būdą“. Trumpai aptariant pirmą kartą lietuviškai pasirodžiusias E. Husserlio „Karteziškąsias meditacijas“, ieškoma ir fenomenologinio tako humanistikoje, ypač literatūros moksle. Pabrėžiamas filosofijos ir literatūros ryšys. Keliama mintis, kad humanistikos metodologinės nuostatos turėtų labiau remtis pačia kūryba.Reikšminiai žodžiai: metodas, teorija, mąstymas, filosofija, poezija, fenomenologija. THE EMBRACING MODE OF THINKING Viktorija Daujotytė-Pakerienė Summary The author sets out to reconsider the problem of humanistic methods. It expresses the doubt as to the application of the methods which are detached from theories and a more general mode of thought. The title of the article is taken from the Lithuanian edition of the preface to “Semiotics” (1989) written by A. J. Greimas. The mode of thought, embracing the multifarious worlds of meaning, is considered as a humanistic universal, it is also perceived as a bridge of thought to prevailing phenomenology. The concept of embrace encompasses the dimension of the body and the full mental participation of the individual. A brief review of the first translation of Edmund Husserl’s “Cartesian Meditations” into Lithuanian by Tomas Sodeika (2005) are presented. Meditation is viewed as the common ground-substratum shared by philosophy and poetry. “Meditations” (1997) of Donaldas Kajokas are introduced. Algis Mickūnas and Arūnas Sverdiolas’s dialogues “The All-Embracing Present” (2004) are referred to as a personal testimony of the inner participation in the theories. The significance of A. Ðliogeris’s study “Thing and Art“ (1988), which discusses the creative work of P. Cezanne and R. M. Rilke, is reflected within the framework of the tradition of phenomenological thought; here the concept of theoretical point of view was first formulated in Lithuanian humanistics. The article suggests that in approaching the problems of method in humanistics, and especially in literary criticism, the participation of creation itself is very important, and particularly the experiences that open up in original texts (like in the writings of Marcel Proust, Jorge Luis Borges). It is important to reveal the equivalents, to reflect them, to extract the method from the texts. The article arrives at the conclusion that the recognition of the organizing inner text system is the essential principle of humanistic methodology, which is in close connection with the embracing mode of thought.Keywords: method, theory, thought, philosophy, poetry, phenomenology.

The Infinitely Iterated Labyrinth: Conceivability and Higher-Order Knowledge

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-516
Author(s):  
SHANE MAXWELL WILKINS
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Jorge Luis Borges ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Electronic Records ◽  
Invisible College ◽  
Good Luck ◽  
Limited Ability ◽  
Necessary Truths ◽  
Thomas Browne ◽  
Extensive Bibliography

ABSTRACT:Some time ago I wrote a paper about conceivability and knowledge. An anonymous referee rejected it on the grounds that the result had already been established in a short story by Jorge Luis Borges. Intrigued, I looked for the story but found no mention of it in Louis and Ziche's extensive bibliography. I spent months consulting archives and electronic records to no avail. I had begun to doubt whether the story even existed when I had the curious good luck to encounter Sir Thomas Browne of Pembroke College, Oxford, who assured me of the piece's authenticity and introduced me to Brother Christian Rosenkreuz of Invisible College who in turn generously put me into correspondence with Borges himself. The literary defects in what follows reflect not a diminution of Borges's undoubted power as a storyteller, but merely my limited ability as an amateur translator. Whatever the translation's literary faults may be, I hope the story's philosophical interest—i.e., an argument that ideal conceivers have higher-order knowledge of necessary truths—remains. [Trans.]

scholarly journals GRAIKIŠKASIS FILOSOFIJOS MITAS

Problemos ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 122-130
Author(s):  
Tomas Saulius
Keyword(s):  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Greek Philosophy ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Greek Myth ◽  
Technical Point ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Main Assumption

Straipsnyje aptariama galimybė graikų filosofijos fenomeną analizuoti „netechniniu“ aspektu (ieškant alternatyvos tam, ką Heideggeris apibūdina kaip mąstymo „techninio“ interpretavimo aspektą); siūloma šį fenomeną traktuoti kaip diskursą, kurio reikšmė nepriklauso nuo praktinio taikymo sąlygų. „Netechniniu“ požiūriu graikų filosofija – tai idealaus tikslo siekis, galima sakyti, idėjos apskritai siekis, nesutampantis su jokiais kasdieniais interesais. Straipsnyje iškeliama hipotezė, jog graikų filosofijos savivokos ar refleksijos pradinės formos yra ne naujai atsiradusios, bet perimtos iš ankstesniosios literatūrinės tradicijos. Pagrindiniai žodžiai: teorija, praktika, diskursas, išmintis.The Greek Myth of PhilosophyTomas Saulius SummaryIn the article, the possibility of the “non-technical” interpretation of Greek philosophy is discussed (in other words, we try to find the point of view opposite to that which Heidegger describes as the “technical” aspect of the interpretation of thought). From the “non-technical” point of view, philosophy is conceived essentially as a discourse, and its meaning and value do not depend on the external circums tances of practical application. The main assumption is that Greek philosophy inherits its primordial forms of self-reflection from the previous tradition of Greek literature. It becomes obvious when the new ideal of philosopher (i.e. “wisdom seeker“) is analysed in the context of so-called “Greek wisdom“. Keywords: theory, practice, discourse, wisdom.mily: Calibri, sans-serif;"> 

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