The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Schelling on Oedipus and Christ
In an interesting twist, "Schelling makes Oedipus into a kind of Christ figure, his guilt a felix culpa that brings a demonstration of human freedom. The tragic hero recalls Christ in accepting and affirming his own suffering. [A concept echoed in Hegel's Spirit of Christianity as well in the works of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche] This interpretatio Christiana will be even more apparent in the thought of Hegel and Hölderlin, who, with Schelling, were educated in theology at the Tübingen Stift. Christian-tinged concepts of martyrdom and self-sacrifice provide the frame for Schelling's image of Oedipus' blinding as a redemptive act of submission." Joshua Billings, Genealogy of the Tragic, pg. 87
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment