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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... -8386-4116-4 ( alk . paper ) 1. Perfection . 2. Sisyphus ( Greek mythology ) . I. Title . BD233.S56 2007 128.09 - dc22 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2006032982 To Ella Contents Acknowledgments Introduction : Myth and the Quest.
... -8386-4116-4 ( alk . paper ) 1. Perfection . 2. Sisyphus ( Greek mythology ) . I. Title . BD233.S56 2007 128.09 - dc22 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2006032982 To Ella Contents Acknowledgments Introduction : Myth and the Quest.
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... myth by Adolf Bauer , Adolf Bastian , Sir James Frazer , and Joseph Campbell myth identifies both the " idea of a people " in a particular cul- tural context and the " idea of a universal human nature " operative in diverse cultures.1 ...
... myth by Adolf Bauer , Adolf Bastian , Sir James Frazer , and Joseph Campbell myth identifies both the " idea of a people " in a particular cul- tural context and the " idea of a universal human nature " operative in diverse cultures.1 ...
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... Myth expresses the human being's revolt against the monstrousness of existence , but it also disengages him from historical conditions and projects him towards a transcendent , universal , and ineffable experience . Early human beings ...
... Myth expresses the human being's revolt against the monstrousness of existence , but it also disengages him from historical conditions and projects him towards a transcendent , universal , and ineffable experience . Early human beings ...
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... 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 about ...
... 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 about ...
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... myth is closely related to the myth of the hero.20 Heroes who attack the gods are identified as hybristic Titans and are consigned to suffer their rebellious spirit in Tartarus . Heroes who defend the gods and aspire to the " good death ...
... myth is closely related to the myth of the hero.20 Heroes who attack the gods are identified as hybristic Titans and are consigned to suffer their rebellious spirit in Tartarus . Heroes who defend the gods and aspire to the " good death ...
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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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