The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human PerfectibilityFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2007 - 614 էջ The myth of Sisyphus symbolizes the idealization of human excellence as a perpetual process of becoming over the impossibility of absolute achievement. In Stoic philosophy, the writing of the Early Church Fathers, and in its allegorical interpretations in medieval and renaissance mythologies, Sisyphus is the archetypal model of human perfectibility. This Sisyphean archetype is a principal theme in renaissance theories of astral magic in the works of Pico, Ficino, Reuchlin, Paracelsus, Agrippa, and Dee. Erasmus, Melanchthon, and Ascham, and in utopian thought from More to Bacon. Sisyphus illuminates the sacred mysteries of life in the works of Philo Judaeus, Plato, Nicholas Cusanus, and Ficino; the spiritual and sensual contraries of love in the dialogues of Leone Ebreo, Bembo, and Bruno; and the tribulations of the unrequited lover in the works of Petrarch, Ronsard, and Sidney. |
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... Whereas myth retells the story of what is being symbolically reenacted , ritual is the systematic dramatic action that is believed to possess a magical efficacy deemed essential to the life of the community . Myths may involve stories ...
... Whereas myth retells the story of what is being symbolically reenacted , ritual is the systematic dramatic action that is believed to possess a magical efficacy deemed essential to the life of the community . Myths may involve stories ...
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... Whereas the marriage of human beings implies a sanctified union of equals , the seductions of Zeus appear as immoral actions between unequal parties . Sisyphus ' interference with Zeus ' seduction of Aegina is an act of moral outrage ...
... Whereas the marriage of human beings implies a sanctified union of equals , the seductions of Zeus appear as immoral actions between unequal parties . Sisyphus ' interference with Zeus ' seduction of Aegina is an act of moral outrage ...
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... Whereas Ixion challenged the hierarchy of gods , the Danaids apparently challenged the patriarchal hierarchy of human society by murdering their husbands . For this homocide , they must pour water into a leaky urn ( or fill a jug with ...
... Whereas Ixion challenged the hierarchy of gods , the Danaids apparently challenged the patriarchal hierarchy of human society by murdering their husbands . For this homocide , they must pour water into a leaky urn ( or fill a jug with ...
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... Whereas Prometheus ' punishment was based on his immobility at the summit with his cyclical confrontation with the eagle , Sisyphus ' punishment was based on his mobility and his cycli- cal engagement with his rock - burden . In both ...
... Whereas Prometheus ' punishment was based on his immobility at the summit with his cyclical confrontation with the eagle , Sisyphus ' punishment was based on his mobility and his cycli- cal engagement with his rock - burden . In both ...
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... Whereas he manifests the weakness and perversity of his nature when the rock - burden rolls down the mountain , he aspires to overcome those contrary forces within himself each time he rolled the rock - burden up the mountain . In ...
... Whereas he manifests the weakness and perversity of his nature when the rock - burden rolls down the mountain , he aspires to overcome those contrary forces within himself each time he rolled the rock - burden up the mountain . In ...
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The Patristic Sisyphus | 67 |
Sisyphus in Medieval and Renaissance Mythography | 86 |
Sisyphus as Astral Magician | 110 |
Sisyphus as Humanist | 136 |
Sisyphus as Lover | 193 |
Sisyphus as Hero | 313 |
Notes | 427 |
Bibliography | 544 |
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