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Doubt and Skepticism in Antiquity and the Renaissance (Hardcover, New)
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Doubt and Skepticism in Antiquity and the Renaissance (Hardcover, New)
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This book is an interdisciplinary study of the forms and uses of
doubt in works by Homer, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Cicero,
Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and Montaigne. Based on close analysis of
literary and philosophical texts by these important authors,
Michelle Zerba argues that doubt is a defining experience in
antiquity and the Renaissance, one that constantly challenges the
limits of thought and representation. The wide-ranging discussion
considers issues that run the gamut from tragic loss to comic
bombast, from psychological collapse to skeptical dexterity, and
from solitary reflection to political improvisation in civic
contexts and puts Greek and Roman treatments of doubt into dialogue
not only with sixteenth-century texts, but with contemporary works
as well. Using the past to engage questions of vital concern to our
time, Zerba demonstrates that although doubt sometimes has
destructive consequences, it can also be conducive to tolerance,
discovery, and conversation across sociopolitical boundaries.
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