Masterpieces of Philosophical Literature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Av Thomas L. Cooksey III, Thomas L. Cooksey

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Some works of philosophy also stand as significant contributions to literature, and some works of literature have profoundly influenced philosophy. Written expressly for high school and college students, this reference insightfully introduces ten widely studied works of philosophical literature. Individual chapters discuss Plato's Republic, Augustine's Confessions, Dante's Divine Comedy, More's Utopia, Voltaire's Candide, Goethe's Faust, Kierkegaard's Either/Or, Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Huxley's Brave New World, and Borges' Labyrinths. An introductory chapter considers such issues as the nature of philosophical literature, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.Despite Plato's banning of poets from the ideal community, some works of philosophy also stand as significant contributions to literature, and some works of literature have profoundly influenced philosophy. Such works have the power to challenge, provoke, and move the reader, and they upset complacent assumptions and demand new thinking. They also draw on the resources of language and literature to explore enduring issues. Written expressly for high school and college students, this reference conveniently introduces ten widely studied works of philosophical literature.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-03-30
Mått156 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt510 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGreenwood Introduces Literary Masterpieces
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780313331732

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Cooksey aims to introduce readers to the philosophical content of literature and the literary form of philosophy by surveying ten masterpieces of philosophical literature. Each of the ten chapters of Masterpieces focuses on one book: Plato's Republic, Augustine's Confessions, Dante's Divine Comedy, More's Utopia, Voltaire's Candide, Goethe's Faust, Kierkegaard's Either/Or, Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Huxley's Brave New World, and Borges's Labyrinths. For each book, Cooksey discusses the biographical and historical context of the author, the themes and motifs of the work, and subsequent influence of the author on Western philosophy and literature. Although most of Cooksey's discussions focus on providing summaries of the individual texts listed above, he also makes general claims about philosophical literature: it represents a certain mode of thinking that is irreducible to reasoned argument, and its openness to reinterpretation and resistance to one exclusive or final meaning enables it to remain eternally current. The general idea for this book is visionary….Lower-division undergraduates and general readers.