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Fallibility and Fallibilism in Ancient Philosophy and Literature

Fallibility and Fallibilism in Ancient Philosophy and Literature

Fuhrer, Therese
Soldo, Janja

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Series: Philosophie Der Antike, Book 45

Philosophy

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ISBN10: 3111314359
ISBN13: 9783111314358
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Dec 18 2023
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.60
Language: English

Mankind's constant struggle with physical as well as mental weaknesses is omnipresent in ancient literature: misconduct, wrongdoing, failure and experiences of contingency are anthropological phenomena. Ancient ethics, epistemology, and natural philosophy have developed different theoretical approaches and guidelines on how to act and how to overcome all kinds of problems. Christian theology, on the other hand, has explained moral failure as a symptom of original sin, comparing decline and destruction to a burden from which mankind is relieved only at the end. The contributions explore how ancient philosophical texts, both pagan and Christian, explain, conceptualize and integrate the myriad manifestations of human fallibility into the different philosophical schools. The focus is on anthropological, ontological and theological concepts that analyse and reflect human fallibility, as well as on the textual and linguistic representation of the phenomenon in ancient literature. Several contributions in the volume explore literary texts that discuss or illustrate the philosophical dimension of fallibility, such as satire's or tragedy's (often exaggerated) depiction of human weakness.

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