Aug 2026· The Journal of Aesthetic Education· Vol 60, pp. 53 - 69· 0 citations· 15 references
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Abstract:This article builds upon an Aristotelian view of poetic tragedy to make two main points. First, a nihilistic interpretation of Shakespeare’s King Lear misunderstands Shakespeare’s intention of interweaving two plots into one play—the pessimistic story of King Lear and the optimistic story of Edgar. Because the play does not end with the murders of Lear’s daughters and with his own grieving death but with the appointing of Edgar to be the king who had been primed throughout the play for that moment, the play teaches a profound lesson—moral order survives moral chaos. Second, because moral order and moral chaos are evident in the play and in our lives, nihilism is an unsatisfactory explanation of the human experience. Rather, a metaphysic similar to the implied metaphysic of the play (that is, the Chain of Being) better explains our experiences because it can account for both moral order and moral chaos.
This study explores the relationship between the doctrine of justification by faith and the poetry of T. S. Eliot from the perspective of theology and hermeneutics. Building upon Alister E. McGrath’s maintenance in his Justification by Faith that Christian doctrine does not replace religious experience but enables beli...
Yeong-Il Bae· Journal of the T S Eliot Soc...· 0 citations
This paper studies the philosophical conflict between illusion and truth in Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, one of the most significant works of Spanish Golden Age theatre. Written during the Baroque period, the play presents a complex exploration of reality, perception, and human existence through the e...
Devayani Pandit· Knowledgeable Research A Mul...· 0 citations
The uniqueness of William Golding’s work lies in the solidity and depth of its structure and organization. The writer carefully constructed his works, enriching them with “meaning” through the use of classical literature, symbolism, and mythology. Along with being a creator of myths, Golding is also recognized as an au...
Yegana Huseynova· Baltic Journal of Legal and...· 0 citations
ABSTRACT:This essay offers a comparative analysis of Richard Rorty's and Günther Anders' respective accounts of self-contingency, focusing on how each thinker links contingency with freedom and the consequences this has for the concept of the self. While Rorty, from a pragmatic standpoint, frames contingency as a sourc...
Daria-Leona Mac Award· Philosophical Topics· 0 citations
The veil of Isis is a central image in the history of western esotericism, used by the Freemasons, Rosicrucians and Theosophists. At the turn of the nineteenth century, there was an uptick in interest in the veil from German philosophers, especially in its aesthetic dimension: with the veil, Schiller poetically consi...
After enthusiastically agreeing to review Shakespeare in the 'Post'Colonies, I found myself hesitating before reading it. As a citizen of a 'post'colony (South Africa) and a descendant of colonisers, I have been down dark tunnels of outrage and guilt with regards to my ancestors' actions. This tunneling is ethically ne...
Lauren Bates· Bakwethu: A Journal of Shake...· 0 citations
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