CHAPTER XVII - THE BAROQUE
(What does Baroque mean in art and literature?)
CHAPTER XVII - THE BAROQUE
(What does Baroque mean in art and literature?)
I. ARMY OFFICER DIES IN LEBANON, - QUESTIONS?
A. MOTHER TO DAUGHTER--SOPHIE SEEING AN OLDER MAN?
B. DAUGHTER TO MOTHER--DIVORCE? WHERE IS DAD?
C. 15TH BIRTHDAY PARTY, WITH ALBERTO AS A GUEST--A PHILOSOPHICAL GARDEN PARTY?
II. POSTCARD IN HER TEXTBOOK:
A. TO HILDE--DEATH IN LEBANON
B. LOSS OF MONEY
C. CAN A COURSE IN PHILOSOPHY END THE WAR--what is the philosophical issue? CONSIDER THE CRITIQUE OF COLLEEN RAWLEY (FBI), AND BOB WOODWARD REGARDING THE MIDDLE EAST. COULD A COURSE IN PHILOSOPHY END THE WAR, OR EVEN HAVE PRVENTED IT FROM BEGINNING?
III. SOPHIE APPLIES THE PHILOSOPHY TAUGHT SO FAR TO HER WALK WITH HERMES...
A. MAN AND ANIMALS: THE QUESTION OF A SOUL
B. FINDS A POSTCARD WHERE THE MONEY WAS:
1. IS GOD’S PROVIDENCE BEHIND A SERIES OF COINCIDENCES?
2. WHAT IS SOPHIE LEARNING?
IV. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY EPISTEMOLOGY--SOPHIE AND ALBERTO:
A. PEARL OF IRREGULAR SHAPE--PERIOD OF MANY DIFFERENT CONTRASTS
B. HOW CAN EPISTEMOLOGY BE RELIABLE?
C. CARPE DIEM
D. THE RISE OF THE THEATER--WHAT IS ILLUSION AND WHAT IS REALITY?
E. TO BE OR NOT TO BE...WHAT DID HAMLET THINK?
V. IDEALISM VS. MATERIALISM OF THE NEW SCIENCE:
A. HOBBES--HOW DO WE LIVE?
B. THE UNIVERSE AS A MACHINE--METAPHOR OF THE CLOCK
C. DEISM--REASONABLE CHRISTIANITY
SUGGESTED READING
Check this site for background material relevant to epistemology in the 17th Century, and see also Supplementary Readings for primary sources.
REMEMBER THAT THE SUPPLEMENTARY READING SECTION CONTAINS LINKS TO OTHER SITES FROM WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL: CLICK HERE.
NOTE THAT THE PHRASE RECONCILIATION OF OPPOSITES WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT IN SOPHIE'S QUEST....
DOMINATED THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY VIRTUALLY FROM ITS INCEPTION? [Sophie will need to grasp this as will we.]
THE LITERARY CRITIC SIR PHILIP SIDNEY IN HIS APOLOGY FOR POETRY [RECALL SOCRATES] SAID THAT THE POET TAKES THE BEST FROM HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY AND MAKES A SYNTHESIS. CLICK HERE FOR HIS VIEWS.
IN THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIOD, THE GREATEST OF ALL POETICAL PHILOSOPHERS, SHAKESPEARE, WROTE. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY SHAKESPEARE WEB PAGE.
ASSIGNMENT; BRING TO CLASS YOUR FAVORITE SHAKESPEARE PLAY, AND BE PREPARED TO EXPLORE ITS PHILOSOPHICAL CONTENT.
ANOTHER POET / PHILOSOPHER WORTHY OF EXPLORATION IS JOHN DONNE. SEE ESPECIALLY HIS SONNETS AND MEDITATIONS.