SOME IDEAS OF SENECAS ON BEAUTY. [From: Prometheus, Anno 33, Fasc. 1, 2007].

Language: English

Published by Firenze: Tipografia Risma, 2007

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pp. 49-65. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Author's name handwritten on cover, otherwise very good and clean. - From the text: It is no easy task to reconstruct a consistent aesthetical theory from Senecas writings. Even those scholars, such as Svoboda, who uphold the existence of a Senecan aesthetics, must recognize that our philosopher never poses the question of the nature of the beautiful, which lies at the foundation of any aestethics. The lamented Italo Lana goes as far as stating that Senecas pronouncements about art - and particularly about poetry - are never based upon criteria of aesthetical criticism, which is totally missing (p. 378). Lana considered Svobodas essay nothing but a mere list of all Senecan passages which could somehow be linked with aesthetics (p. 378). In fact, the mobility of Senecas ingenium often causes him to touch on a subject from different points of view rather than tackling it directly and systematically. It remains true, however, that Seneca often proceeds well beyond the moralistic approach, which was not only typical of his school but also of his own ostensible attitude. I believe that, if only intermittently and sometimes perhaps unwittingly, Seneca does exceed his own moralistic premises and attains original and in many ways surprisingly modem positions. I think I have demonstrated this in my books, at least as far as his literary theories are concerned. In this area the novelty of some of his positions always stems from the grafting of a serious philosophical approach onto the purely rhetorical method prevailing in the culture of contemporary Rome. Today, however, we intend to sketch a picture of a wider conceptual range, in which Senecas literary theories function as just one of several aesthetic elements - in other words to investigate his more general ideas about the beautiful in nature and art. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Title
SOME IDEAS OF SENECAS ON BEAUTY. [From: Prometheus, Anno 33, Fasc. 1, 2007].
Author
Setaioli, Aldo:
Publisher
Firenze: Tipografia Risma
Publication year
2007
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Reprint, stapled.
Language
English
Item weight
550 grams
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