03852nam 2200661 450 991081934620332120230807193352.03-11-043183-13-11-043159-910.1515/9783110431599(CKB)3710000000480578(EBL)4001582(SSID)ssj0001530071(PQKBManifestationID)12505027(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530071(PQKBWorkID)11524191(PQKB)11423692(MiAaPQ)EBC4001582(DE-B1597)454782(OCoLC)932571083(DE-B1597)9783110431599(Au-PeEL)EBL4001582(CaPaEBR)ebr11101410(CaONFJC)MIL828118(OCoLC)920823114(EXLCZ)99371000000048057820151112h20152015 uy 0engurnnu---|u||utxtccrArtful immorality - variants of cynicism Machiavelli, Gracian, Diderot, Nietzsche /by D. S. MayfieldBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter,2015.©20151 online resource (492 p.)WeltLiteraturen/World Literatures. Schriftenreihe der Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule fur literaturwissenschaftliche Studien,2198-9370 ;Band 8Description based upon print version of record.3-11-043848-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Acknowledgements --Table of Contents --1. Artful Immorality: Imprimis --2. Ancient Cynicism --3.1. Elegant Expediency: Machiavelli’s Il Principe (~1513) --3.2. Acute Concinnity: Gracián’s Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (1647) --3.3. A ‘Diogenes Redivivus’: Diderot’s Le Neveu De Rameau (~1774 / 1805 / 1891) --3.4. Beyond Morality, Or Cynicism: Nietzsche’s Nachgelassene Fragmente (1884–1889) --4. Morality’s Contingency --Scribal Abbreviations --Bibliography --IndexWhen a term is overused, it tends to fall out of fashion. Cynicism seems to be an exception. Its polytropic versatility apparently prevents any discontinuation of its application. Everyone knows that cynicism denotes that which is deemed deleterious at a given time; and every time will specify its toxicities – the apparent result being the term’s non-specificity. This study describes the cynical stance and statement so as to render the term’s use scholarly expedient. Close readings of textual sources commonly deemed cynical provide a legible starting point. A rhetorical analysis of aphorisms ascribed to the arch-Cynic Diogenes facilitates describing the design of cynical statements, as well as the characteristic features of the cynical stance. These patterns are identifiable in later texts generally labeled cynical – above all in Machiavelli’s Principe. With recourse to the Diogenical archetype, cynicism is likewise rendered describable in Gracián’s Oráculo manual, Diderot’s Le neveu de Rameau, and Nietzsche’s Posthumous Fragments. This study’s description of cynicism provides a phenomenon otherwise considered amorphous with distinct contours, renders transparent its workings, and tenders a dependable basis for further analyses.WeltLiteraturen ;Band 8.CynicismContingency.Cynicism.Diogenes.Rhetoric.Cynicism.183/.4Mayfield D. S(Daniel Scott),1984-1665512MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819346203321Artful immorality - variants of cynicism4024171UNINA