Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 17 jan. 2001 - 416 sidor The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: 'Hamlet' and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Combining careful attention to detail and interpretive breadth, noted scholar Jan H. Blits deftly illustrates how Hamlet collapses life into thought, and moral action into stage acting, and ultimately comes to see his own life as a stage play. Hamlet, the book demonstrates, epitomizes the intellectualism of the Renaissance and the modern age it began, and so becomes tragedy's first self-conscious protagonist, signaling the end of ancient tragedy. Erudite, innovative, and lively, Deadly Thought is a ground-breaking contribution that will appeal to Shakespeare scholars, political theorists, historians of philosophy, literary theorists and anyone interested in a truly fresh interpretation of this classic work. |
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... Stoic virtue of imperial Rome . It is the virtue of Seneca , not of Scipio , of Epictetus , not of Camillus . Rather than encouraging action , it emphasizes the radical inwardness of the soul . Stoicism places happiness in virtue and ...
... Stoic virtue of imperial Rome . It is the virtue of Seneca , not of Scipio , of Epictetus , not of Camillus . Rather than encouraging action , it emphasizes the radical inwardness of the soul . Stoicism places happiness in virtue and ...
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... Stoic de- pends entirely on his inward state for his virtue and happiness . ? Similarly , notwithstanding its fundamental difference from Sto- icism in other key respects ( including teachings regarding the here- after , the necessity ...
... Stoic de- pends entirely on his inward state for his virtue and happiness . ? Similarly , notwithstanding its fundamental difference from Sto- icism in other key respects ( including teachings regarding the here- after , the necessity ...
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... Stoic Paradoxes , 16-19 ; Seneca , Letters , 9.2-22 , 85.37 , 92.3-7 , On Providence , 5.7-6.9 , On the Happy Life ; Epictetus , Discourses , 1.1 , Manual , 8 , Frag . , 8 ; Marcus Aurelius , Meditations , 4.7 ; Diogenes Laertius , The ...
... Stoic Paradoxes , 16-19 ; Seneca , Letters , 9.2-22 , 85.37 , 92.3-7 , On Providence , 5.7-6.9 , On the Happy Life ; Epictetus , Discourses , 1.1 , Manual , 8 , Frag . , 8 ; Marcus Aurelius , Meditations , 4.7 ; Diogenes Laertius , The ...
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... Stoicism between out- ward fortunes and inward detachment from the effects of those fortunes . Stoicism places happiness in ... Stoic is thus de- tached , but not withdrawn , from the world . Duty requires him to affirm and faithfully to ...
... Stoicism between out- ward fortunes and inward detachment from the effects of those fortunes . Stoicism places happiness in ... Stoic is thus de- tached , but not withdrawn , from the world . Duty requires him to affirm and faithfully to ...
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... Stoic skepticism and empiricism . His " philosophy , " as Hamlet will call it ( 1.5.175 ) , teaches him to trust only what his senses and reason tell him directly . It leads him to trust his eyes rather than his ears - what he can see ...
... Stoic skepticism and empiricism . His " philosophy , " as Hamlet will call it ( 1.5.175 ) , teaches him to trust only what his senses and reason tell him directly . It leads him to trust his eyes rather than his ears - what he can see ...
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