Good topic! Is Milton the first Transcendentalist Philosopher? WC
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, May 13, 2013 8:07:37 AM Subject: Fwd: [AE] IP LAF |15 MAY TALK: "The Inner Paradise: Philosophy-Poetry Warfare In Milton's Paradise Lost" -----Original Message----- From: London Aesthetics Forum <[email protected]> To: news <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, May 13, 2013 3:35 am Subject: [AE] IP LAF |15 MAY TALK: "The Inner Paradise: Philosophy-Poetry Warfare In Milton's Paradise Lost" London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) Wednesday 15th May 2013 16.00 - 18.00 | Senate House, Senate Room Malet Street London, WC1E 7HU Tzachi Zamir (HUJI) "The Inner Paradise: Philosophy-Poetry Warfare In Milton's Paradise Lost" Recent attempts within Anglo-American aesthetics to delineate an intellectually fruitful relationship between philosophy and literature are usually proposed as compensatory epistemologies: literature overcomes limitations built into the traditional modes whereby philosophers construe knowledge- claims. But what if a major work of literaturebas is the case in John Miltonbs Paradise Lostbexplicitly rejects philosophybs objectives, holding that philosophy is implicated in the pursuit of a corrupt and unworthy form of knowing? From such a stance, philosophybs shortcoming is b ironically b philosophical: if one genuinely seeks understanding, philosophy would send one down the wrong track. Poetry of such kind does not invite philosophers of literature to somehow harmonize the philosophy-literature divide. Instead, one is required to sharpen the philosophy-poetry disjunction, clarifying the stakes involved in keeping apart these distinct attitudes to acquiring knowledge, to leading a meaningful existence, and to the non-obvious relationships between these objectives.. The talk will be free and open to all. For more information please visit our website www.londonaestheticsforum.org The London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) is generously supported by the British Society of Aesthetics ------------------------------ To listen to audio podcasts of previous talks at LAF follow this link. To receive all new episodes as they become available, you can subscribe to our podcast stream on iTunes here. B Subscription is free. _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.aesthetics-online.org/listinfo.cgi/news-aesthetics-online.org
