The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility

Elliott M. Simon

The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Country
United States
Published
1 August 2007
Pages
614
ISBN
9781611473483

The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility

Elliott M. Simon

The myth of Sisyphus symbolizes the archetypal process of becoming without the consolation of absolute achievement. It is a poignant reflection of idealized aspirations and actual limitations of the human condition. It is also a prominent framing text for the interpretation of classical and patristic literature, medieval allegorical and alchemical interpretations of mythology, and humanist philosophical, educational, and utopian ideologies, and erotic and heroic theories of human perfectibility. Sisyphus defines the modalities of human transcendence in classical and Christian terms; he is the personification of the unrequited lover; and he is the embodiment of the aspirant renaissance hero.

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