Simone Weil's apologetic use of literature : her christological interpretations of classic Greek texts /
After an unexpected mystical experience, the philosopher Simone Weil (1909-43) read the Greek classics from a Christian perspective, as this original study shows. To the intellectual agnostics of her day she wanted to show that the classics they loved could only be fully understood in light of Chris...
| Основен автор: | Meaney, Marie Cabaud. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Серия: |
Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=222380 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Simone Weil's apologetic use of literature. |
| Резюме: |
After an unexpected mystical experience, the philosopher Simone Weil (1909-43) read the Greek classics from a Christian perspective, as this original study shows. To the intellectual agnostics of her day she wanted to show that the classics they loved could only be fully understood in light of Christ. To the Catholics she wanted to demonstrate that Christianity is much more universal than they thought, since Greek culture already embodied the Christian spirit before the incarnation. of Christ. - ;Marie Cabaud Meaney looks at Simone Weil's Christological interpretations of the Sophoclean Antigo. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvii, 245 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191526473 0191526479 9780199212453 0199212457 |