본문

서브메뉴

Studies in Empedocles' Zoogony
Studies in Empedocles' Zoogony
Studies in Empedocles' Zoogony

상세정보

자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202103049
ISBN  
9798286425174
DDC  
417
저자명  
Mortensen, Erik C.
서명/저자  
Studies in Empedocles Zoogony
발행사항  
[Sl] : New York University, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
229 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Forte, Alexander.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약In this dissertation, I examine the origin of the human race in Presocratic philosophy, focusing on Empedocles. Outside of philosophy, the beginning of humanity is not found often in early Greek literature, aside from certain attested passages by Sapho and Aesop. Around the same years as these two authors were writing, the pre-Socratic philosopher Anaximander theorized human evolution from fish. This led to other theories by thinkers such as Xenophanes, Anaxagoras, and the central focus of my dissertation, Empedocles. After surveying the predecessors of Empedocles and their zoogonies, I then proceed to Empedocles' cosmic cycle. Scholars have recently argued over whether Empedocles theorized one world or two in his cycle. I argue for the traditionalist approach that Empedocles' world system comprised two phases, one of Strife and one of Love, and that he considered himself to be living in an Age of Strife, in which his audience and we ourselves would reasonably be. Empedocles proposes two zoogonies in his poem, one where human beings erupt from the earth under Strife, and another where they are formed from separate body parts under Love. After I discuss all of these subjects in my introduction, my second chapter gives a full treatment of Strife's zoogony and the physics of such. I go on to demonstrate that Empedocles' philosophy has connections to ideas of authochthony featured in Plato's Menexenus. I make the point that having been inspired by Anaxagoras, Empedocles understood the importance of Athens during his time, and that Plato especially utilized this connection in the Menexenus. The zoogony under Love is the subject of my third chapter. In this chapter, I not only analyze the details of this zoogony and link it to Pythagorean sexual ethics, but also explore Empedocles' influence on Plato's Symposium and Epicurean philosophy. For my final chapter and conclusion, I adduce certain later texts on which Empedocles' zoogony may have had a more indirect influence, as well as later texts on which he had a definite influence. I also consider how Empedocles' predecessors and peers may have impacted his cosmological views. I end my dissertation by tying Empedocles back into Pythagoras and Ovid, returning to both a scientific theory of evolution and the religious view of reincarnation.
일반주제명  
Ancient languages
일반주제명  
Philosophy
일반주제명  
Philosophy of religion
키워드  
Empedocles
키워드  
Lucretius
키워드  
Menexenus
키워드  
Plato
키워드  
Presocratic philosophy
키워드  
Pythagoras
기타저자  
New York University Classics
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-12A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.

MARC

 008260126s2025        us                              c    eng  d
■001000017356852
■00520260202103049
■006m          o    d                
■007cr#unu||||||||
■020    ▼a9798286425174
■035    ▼a(MiAaPQ)AAI31931285
■040    ▼aMiAaPQ▼cMiAaPQ
■0820  ▼a417
■1001  ▼aMortensen,  Erik  C.
■24510▼aStudies  in  Empedocles'  Zoogony
■260    ▼a[Sl]▼bNew  York  University▼c2025
■260  1▼aAnn  Arbor▼bProQuest  Dissertations  &  Theses▼c2025
■300    ▼a229  p
■500    ▼aSource:  Dissertations  Abstracts  International,  Volume:  86-12,  Section:  A.
■500    ▼aAdvisor:  Forte,  Alexander.
■5021  ▼aThesis  (Ph.D.)--New  York  University,  2025.
■520    ▼aIn  this  dissertation,  I  examine  the  origin  of  the  human  race  in  Presocratic  philosophy,  focusing  on  Empedocles.  Outside  of  philosophy,  the  beginning  of  humanity  is  not  found  often  in  early  Greek  literature,  aside  from  certain  attested  passages  by  Sapho  and  Aesop.  Around  the  same  years  as  these  two  authors  were  writing,  the  pre-Socratic  philosopher  Anaximander  theorized  human  evolution  from  fish.  This  led  to  other  theories  by  thinkers  such  as  Xenophanes,  Anaxagoras,  and  the  central  focus  of  my  dissertation,  Empedocles.  After  surveying  the  predecessors  of  Empedocles  and  their  zoogonies,  I  then  proceed  to  Empedocles'  cosmic  cycle.  Scholars  have  recently  argued  over  whether  Empedocles  theorized  one  world  or  two  in  his  cycle.  I  argue  for  the  traditionalist  approach  that  Empedocles'  world  system  comprised  two  phases,  one  of  Strife  and  one  of  Love,  and  that  he  considered  himself  to  be  living  in  an  Age  of  Strife,  in  which  his  audience  and  we  ourselves  would  reasonably  be.  Empedocles  proposes  two  zoogonies  in  his  poem,  one  where  human  beings  erupt  from  the  earth  under  Strife,  and  another  where  they  are  formed  from  separate  body  parts  under  Love.  After  I  discuss  all  of  these  subjects  in  my  introduction,  my  second  chapter  gives  a  full  treatment  of  Strife's  zoogony  and  the  physics  of  such.  I  go  on  to  demonstrate  that  Empedocles'  philosophy  has  connections  to  ideas  of  authochthony  featured  in  Plato's  Menexenus.  I  make  the  point  that  having  been  inspired  by  Anaxagoras,  Empedocles  understood  the  importance  of  Athens  during  his  time,  and  that  Plato  especially  utilized  this  connection  in  the  Menexenus.  The  zoogony  under  Love  is  the  subject  of  my  third  chapter.  In  this  chapter,  I  not  only  analyze  the  details  of  this  zoogony  and  link  it  to  Pythagorean  sexual  ethics,  but  also  explore  Empedocles'  influence  on  Plato's  Symposium  and  Epicurean  philosophy.  For  my  final  chapter  and  conclusion,  I  adduce  certain  later  texts  on  which Empedocles'  zoogony  may  have  had  a  more  indirect  influence,  as  well  as  later  texts  on  which  he  had  a  definite  influence.  I  also  consider  how  Empedocles'  predecessors  and  peers  may  have  impacted  his  cosmological  views.  I  end  my  dissertation  by  tying  Empedocles  back  into  Pythagoras  and  Ovid,  returning  to  both  a  scientific  theory  of  evolution  and  the  religious  view  of  reincarnation.
■590    ▼aSchool  code:  0146.
■650  4▼aAncient  languages
■650  4▼aPhilosophy
■650  4▼aPhilosophy  of  religion
■653    ▼aEmpedocles
■653    ▼aLucretius
■653    ▼aMenexenus
■653    ▼aPlato
■653    ▼aPresocratic  philosophy
■653    ▼aPythagoras
■690    ▼a0289
■690    ▼a0422
■690    ▼a0322
■71020▼aNew  York  University▼bClassics.
■7730  ▼tDissertations  Abstracts  International▼g86-12A.
■790    ▼a0146
■791    ▼aPh.D.
■792    ▼a2025
■793    ▼aEnglish
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17356852▼nKERIS▼z이  자료의  원문은  한국교육학술정보원에서  제공합니다.

미리보기

내보내기

chatGPT토론

Ai 추천 관련 도서


    신착도서 더보기
    최근 3년간 통계입니다.

    소장정보

    • 예약
    • 소재불명신고
    • 나의폴더
    • 우선정리요청
    • 비도서대출신청
    • 야간 도서대출신청
    소장자료
    등록번호 청구기호 소장처 대출가능여부 대출정보
    TF18611 전자도서 대출가능 마이폴더 부재도서신고 비도서대출신청 야간 도서대출신청

    * 대출중인 자료에 한하여 예약이 가능합니다. 예약을 원하시면 예약버튼을 클릭하십시오.

    해당 도서를 다른 이용자가 함께 대출한 도서

    관련 인기도서

    로그인 후 이용 가능합니다.