Weakness: A Literary and Philosophical History

by Michael O'Sullivan and Michael O'Sullivan

Book Overview

Examining the nature of weakness has inspired some of the most influential aesthetic and philosophical portraits of the human condition. By reading a selection of canonical literary and philosophical texts, Michael O'Sullivan charts a history of responses to the experience and exploration of weakness.

Beginning with Plato and Aristotle, this first book-length study of the concept explores weakness as it is interpreted by Lao Tzu, Nietzsche,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472568354
• ISBN13: 9781472568359
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"