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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... symbolizes the archetypal process of becoming without the consolation of absolute achievement . It is both a poignant reflection of the human con- dition and a prominent framing text for clas- sical , medieval , and renaissance theories ...
... symbolizes the archetypal process of becoming without the consolation of absolute achievement . It is both a poignant reflection of the human con- dition and a prominent framing text for clas- sical , medieval , and renaissance theories ...
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... symbolizes the eter- nal cycles of infinite potentialities in his quest for perfectibility as a per- petual process of becoming rather than an illusory achievement of a tran- scendent state of being . The archetypal Sisyphus idealizes ...
... symbolizes the eter- nal cycles of infinite potentialities in his quest for perfectibility as a per- petual process of becoming rather than an illusory achievement of a tran- scendent state of being . The archetypal Sisyphus idealizes ...
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... symbolized by the base of his mountain . Sisyphus as humanist symbolizes the rational and creative faculties of the human will aspiring to refashion human nature through the process of eugenic education to overcome the moral and ...
... symbolized by the base of his mountain . Sisyphus as humanist symbolizes the rational and creative faculties of the human will aspiring to refashion human nature through the process of eugenic education to overcome the moral and ...
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... symbolizes the aspi- rant's love of the pure Intellect , which elevates the rational soul to its heav- enly origins . However , when configured in a human process of loving , the aspirant is frustrated by the lower faculties of his soul ...
... symbolizes the aspi- rant's love of the pure Intellect , which elevates the rational soul to its heav- enly origins . However , when configured in a human process of loving , the aspirant is frustrated by the lower faculties of his soul ...
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... symbolizes the cycles of birth , life , death , and rebirth . As an eschatological myth , Osiris is Khent - Amenti , the Lord of the Underworld who decides the fate of departed souls , presides over the rituals of mum- mification , and ...
... symbolizes the cycles of birth , life , death , and rebirth . As an eschatological myth , Osiris is Khent - Amenti , the Lord of the Underworld who decides the fate of departed souls , presides over the rituals of mum- mification , and ...
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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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