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Was ist eine attische Tragödie? What is an Attic Tragedy?

By: Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

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Was ist eine attische Tragödie? What is an Attic Tragedy?

By: Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848-1931) has been considered the highest authority in classical philology for generations. In 1889, he published what has been regarded as his most significant study, that is, a monumental commented edition of Euripides’s Herakles which includes a general introduction to Greek tragedy. A section of this introduction, entitled “Was ist eine attische Tragödie?”, is of particular worth in itself in that it provides a passionate and detailed account of the evolution of Greek tragedy, from its origins, much discussed among scholars, to its classic fifth-century BC form. In some respects, it also constitutes a mature response to Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy whose publication, in 1872, had triggered a heated debate between the two still young scholars. This parallel edition presents the first English translation of a text that has served as a landmark for ancient drama scholars for decades and still offers many useful and relevant suggestions.

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Skenè. Texts and Studies

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8896419832

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9788896419830

The Powers of Philology

Dynamics of Textual Scholarship

By: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

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The Powers of Philology

Dynamics of Textual Scholarship

By: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

Philology--the discovery, editing, and presentation of historical texts--was once a firmly established discipline that formed the core study for students across a wide range of linguistic and literary fields. Although philology departments are steadily disappearing from contemporary educational establishments, in this book Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht demonstrates that the problems, standards, and methods of philology remain as vital as ever. For two and a half millennia philologists have viewed themselves as the modest heirs and curators of their textual past's most glorious periods, collecting and editing text fragments, historicizing them and adding commentary, and ultimately teaching them to contemporary readers. Gumbrecht argues for a return to this tradition as an alternative to an often free-floating textual interpretation and to the more recent redefinition of literary studies as "cultural studies," which risks a loss of intellectual focus. Such a return to philological core exercises, however, can become more than yet another movement of academic nostalgia only if it takes into account the hidden desire that has inspired philology since its Hellenistic beginnings: the desire to make the past present again by embodying it.

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112

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University of Illinois Press

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0252028309

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9780252028304

Philosophy of Mathematics in Antiquity and in Modern Times

By: Ulrich Felgner

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Philosophy of Mathematics in Antiquity and in Modern Times

By: Ulrich Felgner

»Philosophy of Mathematics« is understood, in this book, as an effort to clarify such questions that mathematics itself raises but cannot answer with its own methods. These include, for example, questions about the ontological status of mathematical objects (e.g., what is the nature of mathematical objects?) and the epistemological status of mathematical theorems (e.g., from what sources do we draw when we prove mathematical theorems?). The answers given by Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Kant, Cantor, Frege, Dedekind, Hilbert and others will be studied in detail. This will lead us to deep insights, not only into the history of mathematics, but also into the conception of mathematics as it is commonly held in the present time. The book is a translation from the German, however revised and considerably expanded. Various chapters have been completely rewritten.

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314

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Springer Nature

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3031273044

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9783031273049

Sermo Iuris: Rechtssprache und Recht in der augusteischen Dichtung

By: Ulrich C.J. Gebhardt

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Sermo Iuris: Rechtssprache und Recht in der augusteischen Dichtung

By: Ulrich C.J. Gebhardt

Law played a key role in the workings of Roman culture, and legal discourse was important even in non-legal Latin literature. A proper understanding of that literature requires an investigation of the ways legal language is used. Nevertheless, legal elements have so far been widely neglected by scholars of Latin literature, in particular Augustan poetry. After an examination of legal language as a technical discourse and its role in Latin prose, the present book is devoted to a detailed analysis of legal language and imagery in the work of the Augustan poets. It will, therefore, allow for a better appreciation of these poems as well as of their significance for Augustan culture in the broad sense. In der römischen Kultur ist das Recht von zentraler Bedeutung, und Rechtsdiskurse spielen auch in der außerjuristischen Literatur eine prominente Rolle. Für das Verständnis der lateinischen Literatur ist die Betrachtung ihres Umgangs mit der Rechtssprache daher unerlässlich. Dennoch haben die rechtlichen Elemente in diesen Texten bislang kaum Beachtung gefunden. Dies gilt insbesondere für die augusteische Dichtung. Das vorliegende Buch geht zunächst der Frage nach, inwieweit die Rechtssprache von den Römern selbst als Fachsprache wahrgenommen wurde, und betrachtet ihre Verwendung im gemeinsprachlichen Kontext römischer Prosaschriften. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Analyse von Sprache und Bildwelt des Rechts in den Werken der augusteischen Dichter. Die Arbeit trägt damit zu einem besseren Verständnis dieser Gedichte und ihrer Bedeutung im Rahmen der augusteischen Kultur bei.

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BRILL

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9047429915

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9789047429913

Book's by Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

Was ist eine attische Tragödie? What is an Attic Tragedy?

Was ist eine attische Tragödie? What is an Attic Tragedy?

The Powers of Philology

The Powers of Philology

Philosophy of Mathematics in Antiquity and in Modern Times

Philosophy of Mathematics in Antiquity and in Modern Times

Sermo Iuris: Rechtssprache und Recht in der augusteischen Dichtung

Sermo Iuris: Rechtssprache und Recht in der augusteischen Dichtung

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