1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910496031503321

Autore

Jouan François

Titolo

Euripide et les légendes des Chants cypriens : Des origines de la guerre de Troie à l’Iliade / / François Jouan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Les Belles Lettres, 2021

ISBN

2-251-91438-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (516 p.)

Collana

Études Anciennes

Soggetti

Classics

Literature

guerre

mythologie

héros

tragédie

Homère

épopée

Troie

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Quand débute l’Iliade, la guerre de Troie dure depuis vingt ans. Le récit en avait été fait dans une épopée en douze chants, les Chants Cypriens, aujourd’hui perdue, mais dont un sommaire tardif permet de restituer la trame. Cet immense trésor légendaire a fourni aux poètes tragiques d’Athènes une grande partie des sujets de leurs drames. Parmi eux, c’est surtout chez Euripide, grâce à ses pièces conservées et à son théâtre perdu, qu’on peut le mieux se représenter sous quelles formes s’est opérée cette transmutation de l’épopée au théâtre, dans une cité qui n’a cessé de connaître elle aussi les horreurs de la guerre.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968887303321

Autore

Kagan Shelly

Titolo

Death / / Shelly Kagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2012

ISBN

9786613600851

9781280571251

128057125X

9780300183429

0300183429

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

The open Yale courses series

Disciplina

128/.5

Soggetti

Death

Ontology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Thinking about Death -- 2. Dualism versus Physicalism -- 3. Arguments for the Existence of the Soul -- 4. Descartes' Argument -- 5. Plato on the Immortality of the Soul -- 6. Personal Identity -- 7. Choosing between the Theories -- 8. The Nature of Death -- 9. Two Surprising Claims about Death -- 10. The Badness of Death -- 11. Immortality -- 12. The Value of Life -- 13. Other Aspects of Death -- 14. Living in the Face of Death -- 15. Suicide -- 16. Conclusion -- Notes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of mortality. Do we have reason to believe in the existence of immortal souls? Should we accept an account according to which people are just material objects, nothing more? Can we make sense of the idea of surviving the death of one's body? If I won't exist after I die, can death truly be bad for me? Would immortality be desirable? Is fear of death appropriate? Is suicide ever justified? How should I live in the face of death?Written in an



informal and conversational style, this stimulating and provocative book challenges many widely held views about death, as it invites the reader to take a fresh look at one of the central features of the human condition-the fact that we will die.