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Tragedy And Philosophy

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. N. Georgopoulos

    1. Kent State University, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Editor’s Introduction

    • N. Georgopoulos
    Pages 1-18

  3. Nietzsche’s Critique of Aristotle’s Theory of Tragic Emotions

    • John P. Anton
    Pages 19-38

  4. The Disjunction of the Tragic: Hegel and Nietzsche

    • Roland Galle
    Pages 39-56

  5. Tragic Thoughts and the Entertainments of Possibility

    • Leon Rosenstein
    Pages 57-69

  6. Tragedy: Its Contribution to a Theory of Objects and the Emotions

    • Richard F. Kuhns
    Pages 70-85

  7. The Role of Philosophy in the Development of Tragic Drama

    • E. F. Kaelin
    Pages 86-103

  8. Tragic Action

    • N. Georgopoulos
    Pages 104-122

  9. Philosophy and Tragedy in the Platonic Dialogues

    • Drew A. Hyland
    Pages 123-138

  10. Philosophy and Tragedy: The Flaw of Eros and the Triumph of Agape

    • Carl R. Hausman
    Pages 139-153

  11. Being at a Loss: Reflections on Philosophy and the Tragic

    • William Desmond
    Pages 154-186

  12. Myth, Tragedy and Dialogue: The Language of Philosophy

    • John M. Anderson
    Pages 187-216

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 217-221
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Is philosophy, as the love of wisdom, inherently tragic? Must philosophy abolish its traditional modes of thinking if it is to attain the wisdom of tragedy? Sharing a common origin, even direction, does philosophy move beyond tragedy, epitomizing it? Is the action of tragedy analogous to the activity of philosophy? Have Hegel and Nietzsche distorted the tragic? Can there be a philosophy of the tragic? It is with such questions that the essays of this volume become involved, coming up with original interpretations of tragedy, new approaches to traditional views, and novel conceptions of philosophy. Their diversity and novelty emerge out of a common problematic, a theme they all address: the relation between philosophy and tragedy. By exploring this relation, this volume adds to our comprehension of both..

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  • Kent State University, USA

    N. Georgopoulos

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