Borges and Plato: A Game with Shifting Mirrors /
Mualem, Shlomy
Borges and Plato: A Game with Shifting Mirrors / Shlomy Mualem. - 1 online resource (246 p.) - Ediciones de Iberoamericana ; 54 .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table Of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Philosophical Explorations -- Chapter 1. The Ancient Quarrel: Mythos versus Logos -- Chapter 2. The Intellectual Instinct: Skepticism and the Quest for Truth -- Chapter 3. The Eye of the Soul: In Search of the Idea -- Part Two: Literary Discussions -- Chapter 4. The Broken Mirror: The Crisis of Artistic Mimesis -- Chapter 5. The Guided Dream: The Riddle of Poetic Inspiration -- Chapter 6. The Literary Proteus: The Image of the Poet -- Chapter 7. The Living Labyrinth: Reading and Writing the Book -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Names
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This comparative approach shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges' essayistic and fictional work. Analyses to which extent his thought is deeply rooted in classical philosophical doctrines.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9788484895954 9783954870462
10.31819/9783954870462 doi
Logos (Philosophy).
Myth.
Linguistics, other.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General.
100
Borges and Plato: A Game with Shifting Mirrors / Shlomy Mualem. - 1 online resource (246 p.) - Ediciones de Iberoamericana ; 54 .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table Of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Philosophical Explorations -- Chapter 1. The Ancient Quarrel: Mythos versus Logos -- Chapter 2. The Intellectual Instinct: Skepticism and the Quest for Truth -- Chapter 3. The Eye of the Soul: In Search of the Idea -- Part Two: Literary Discussions -- Chapter 4. The Broken Mirror: The Crisis of Artistic Mimesis -- Chapter 5. The Guided Dream: The Riddle of Poetic Inspiration -- Chapter 6. The Literary Proteus: The Image of the Poet -- Chapter 7. The Living Labyrinth: Reading and Writing the Book -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Names
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This comparative approach shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges' essayistic and fictional work. Analyses to which extent his thought is deeply rooted in classical philosophical doctrines.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9788484895954 9783954870462
10.31819/9783954870462 doi
Logos (Philosophy).
Myth.
Linguistics, other.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General.
100