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- English
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About this book
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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HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title page
- Imprints page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Chaos and Creation
- Chapter 3 Turbulent Worlds: Phaethon and the Flood
- Chapter 4 Janus and the Many Worlds
- Chapter 5 Archimedes and the Model Universe
- Chapter 6 Pythagoras: The Early Lives
- Chapter 7 The Philosophy of Desire
- Chapter 8 The Exile of Philosophy
- Chapter 9 The Afterlife of Ovid and Plato
- Bibliography
- Index of Passages Discussed
- General Index
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