Fire from Heaven in Elemental Tragedy: From Holderlin's Death of Empedocles to Nietzsche's Dying Socrates.

The paper considers the legacy of Empedocles as it bears upon the difficulty confronted by Holderlin in his Death of Empedocles-, how are we to understand Holderlin's failure to complete this 'mourning play' despite his continued and repeated efforts? This difficulty is elaborated through a reading...

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Publicado en:	Research in Phenomenology Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 212 - 240
Autor principal:	Warnek, Peter
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Brill Academic Publishers 2014
Materias:	Empedocles, of Akragas, ca. 492 B.C.-ca. 432 B.C. Aristotle, 384-322 B.C. Socrates, ca. 469-399 B.C. Literature & history Drama
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