Greece or chance
Divinity, luck, and fate in ancient Greek literature

Name: Greece or chance
SKU: 978-956-357-077-9
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This book proposes to traverse the complex and at times arduous path of Greek literary writers to unravel within them, “from the philosophical interest in chance as a cardinal practical problem for human life,” the aesthetic and vital testimony of the experience of vulnerability. Ancient conceptions of divinity, destiny, and luck exhibit in a privileged way “the human experience of vulnerability (incomprehensible suffering, undeserved pain, the bewilderment of ignorance, and exposure to the whim of inscrutable forces).” It is a mode, both poetic and philosophical, of expressing the experience of personal and collective fragility, no matter the efforts humans make to mitigate in our lives the awareness of finitude, deception, betrayal, or annihilation to which we will inevitably be subjected.

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SKU: 978-956-357-077-9 Category: Philosophy Tags: Ancient Greece, Divinity, Philosophy

Ivory paper

Black and white images

Rustic cover

Measures 23 x 15 cm.

Greece or chance Divinity, luck, and fate in ancient Greek literature

Autor	Ivan de los Rios
Portada	Ver portada
Year	11-2016
Nº de páginas	262
ISBN	978-956-357-077-9
Intellectual Property Registration	266679
ISBN digital	978-956-357-078-6

Ivan de los Rios

Spain. Doctor of Philosophy and Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy at the Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile). He has worked as a Professor of Metaphysics at the Autonomous University of Madrid and of Ethics at Loyola University. He has also conducted research at the Universities of Berlin, Oxford, Padua, Tübingen, and Freiburg. His research interests focus on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle and their relevance in contemporary thought. He is the author of various articles on ancient philosophy in specialized journals and collective volumes. He recently edited the book "Azar: el sacro desorden de nuestras vidas" (Chance: The Sacred Disorder of Our Lives) (Errata Naturae, 2015). He balances his teaching and research activities with his work as a translator of essays and fiction.

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