Simone Weil's apologetic use of literature [[electronic resource] ] : her Christological interpretations of ancient Greek texts / / Marie Cabaud Meaney
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Meaney Marie Cabaud
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| Titolo: |
Simone Weil's apologetic use of literature [[electronic resource] ] : her Christological interpretations of ancient Greek texts / / Marie Cabaud Meaney
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 194 |
| Soggetto topico: | Christianity - Philosophy - History - 20th century |
| Greek literature - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Simone Weil and the Classics; 2. Simone Weil and Apologetics; 3. Simone Weil as Apologist; 4. Antigone and the Moral Law: Glimpses of the Supernatural; 5. Tableau de l'absence de Dieu-A Modern Interpretation of the Iliad; 6. Prometheus Bound-An Apologetics of the Cross; 7. Electra-Waiting on God; 8. Conclusion: Simone Weil-An Apologist of the Supernatural; Appendix: References to Ancient Greek Texts in the Works of Simone Weil; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | After an unexpected mystical experience, the philosopher Simone Weil (1909-43) read the Greek classics from a Christian perspective, as this original study shows. To the intellectual agnostics of her day she wanted to show that the classics they loved could only be fully understood in light of Christ. To the Catholics she wanted to demonstrate that Christianity is much more universal than they thought, since Greek culture already embodied the Christian spirit before the incarnation. of Christ. - ;Marie Cabaud Meaney looks at Simone Weil's Christological interpretations of the Sophoclean Antigo |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Simone Weil's apologetic use of literature |
| ISBN: | 1-281-16096-2 |
| 9786611160968 | |
| 0-19-152647-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450702003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.