Charles Olson's Post-modern Instant and D.H. Lawrence's Demon
In Plato's Republic, Socrates postulates four processes by which a philosopher-king may be produced, the fourth scenario being Socrates's own exceptional case, an indebtedness to his personal daimon. The daimon is a divine spirit, revolutionary in its rearing of the individual, unlike the...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/lawrence, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Études Lawrenciennes
2017
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | In Plato's Republic, Socrates postulates four processes by which a philosopher-king may be produced, the fourth scenario being Socrates's own exceptional case, an indebtedness to his personal daimon. The daimon is a divine spirit, revolutionary in its rearing of the individual, unlike the transcendent gods on Olympus, sanctioned by the Greek State. Allan Bloom's rendition of The Republic of Plato translates Socrates's daimon as "demon," which is telling, as Bloom's fidelity to antiquity coat... |
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