Borges and Plato

Borges and Plato

by Mualem, Shlomy

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Jorge Luis Borges ́philosophical fiction and Platoś intellectual dramas are perhaps the most intricate records in Western history of attempts to artfully interweave mythos and logos, argumentation and narrative, thought and imagination. Their juxtaposition, presented in the following study, aims at demonstrating the complex connections between classical and modern literature and thought. The study shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges ́es.

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  • Full title :Borges and Plato / Shlomy Mualem.

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Jorge Luis Borges ́philosophical fiction and Platoś intellectual dramas are perhaps the most intricate records in Western history of attempts to artfully interweave mythos and logos, argumentation and narrative, thought and imagination. Their juxtaposition, presented in the following study, aims at demonstrating the complex connections between classical and modern literature and thought. The study shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges ́es.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783954870462, 3954870460
  • oclc:ocn888240797
  • LC Classification:PQ7797.B635 ebook
  • Dewey Decimal:868

Table of Contents

pt. 1. Philosophical explorations. The ancient quarrel: mythos versus logos ; The intellectual instinct: skepticism and the quest for truth ; The eye of the soul: in search of the idea -- pt. 2. Literary discussions. The broken mirror: the crisis of artistic mimesis ; The guided dream: the riddle of poetic inspiration ; The literary proteus: the image of the poet ; The living labyrinth: reading and writing the book.

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Subjects

Borges, Jorge Luis Criticism, interpretation, etc Logos (philosophie) Logos (Philosophy) Myth Mythe Myths Plato

Writers

Mualem, Shlomy

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