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Ovid and Plato: Disturbing Realities
By (author) Peter Kelly
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The Roman poet Ovid, while sailing across the Black Sea to Tomis, considered his exile to have cosmic proportions; in the surging waves he sees his world seemingly veering back towards primordial chaos. Throughout his work Ovid seeks to depict the vast heterogeneity of the world, its creation and destruction, and the interconnection between humans and their unstable environment. This book explores how Ovid turns to philosophy, and especially the dialogues of Plato, to find meaning in a world that is fluid, uncertain, and dangerous. Rather than seeking recourse in an exact science of knowledge or a world of Forms beyond the here and now, Ovid sets himself apart from the philosophers. Instead, he highlights the limits of philosophy to capture the changing nature of reality and realigns the boundaries between poetry and science so as to create a more suitable medium for representing our entanglement with this complex world.
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Publisher | Cambridge University Press
Published date | 3 Jul 2025
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 208
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 454g
ISBN | 978-1-0096-0151-1
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BISAC | history / ancient / general
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