Goethe's Concept of the Daemonic: After the Ancients

by Angus Nicholls

The first book to examine Goethe's writings on the daemonic in relation to both Classical philosophy and German Idealism.

For Plato, the daemonic is a sensibility that brings individuals into contact with divine knowledge; Socrates was also inspired by a "divine voice" known as his "daimonion." Goethe was introduced to this ancient concept by Hamannand Herder, who associated it with the aesthetic category of genius. This book shows how the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571133070
• ISBN13: 9781571133076
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"