According to G. Santayana poetry and philosophy are not just the elements of a blend giving rise to original insights within the field of literary criticism, but they are totally melted in “a personal work of art” that makes it inappropriate to distinguish between poetry, or literature in general, and philosophy. Focusing on his "Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe", I will not try to discover if Santayana understood rightly – that is along the line of a philosophical scholarship – the three authors. Rather, it is of a great interest for me to know the three authors from Santayana’s vistas, and to see if these vistas are meaningful also in order to understand the view that he developed throughout his philosophical life.
Santayana's Hermeneutics of Poetry and Philosophy
Vaiana, Leonarda
2020-01-01
Abstract
According to G. Santayana poetry and philosophy are not just the elements of a blend giving rise to original insights within the field of literary criticism, but they are totally melted in “a personal work of art” that makes it inappropriate to distinguish between poetry, or literature in general, and philosophy. Focusing on his "Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe", I will not try to discover if Santayana understood rightly – that is along the line of a philosophical scholarship – the three authors. Rather, it is of a great interest for me to know the three authors from Santayana’s vistas, and to see if these vistas are meaningful also in order to understand the view that he developed throughout his philosophical life.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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