Milton's Secrecy: And Philosophical HermeneuticsRoutledge, 05.12.2016 - 216 Seiten Scientific modernity treats interpretation as a matter of discovery. Discovery, however, may not be all that matters about interpretation. In Milton's Secrecy, J. D. Fleming argues that the poetry and prose of John Milton (1608-1674) are about the presentation of a radically different hermeneutic model. This is based on openness within language, rather than on secrets within the world. Milton's representations of meaning are exoteric, not esoteric; recognitive, not inventive. Milton's Secrecy places its titular subject in opposition to the epistemology of modern natural science, and to the interpretative assumptions that science supports. At the same time, the book places Milton within early modern contexts of interpretation and knowledge. Drawing on Renaissance Neoplatonism, Tudor-Stuart ideology, and the Calvinist theory of conscience, Milton's Secrecy argues that the attempt to theorize interpretation without discovery is not unorthodox within early modern English culture. If anything, Milton's hostility to secrecy and discovery aligns him with his culture's ethical and hermeneutic ideal. Milton's Secrecy provides an historical framework for considering the theoretical validity of this ideal, by aligning it with the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. |
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... claims. Such claims, arguably, are of immediate and present concern precisely to the extent that historical work indicates fluctuation in their grounds of validity. For if historical inquiry indicates that interpretation itself changes ...
... claims. Such claims, arguably, are of immediate and present concern precisely to the extent that historical work indicates fluctuation in their grounds of validity. For if historical inquiry indicates that interpretation itself changes ...
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... claim, is that we must commit ourselves to textuality as the plenitude of understanding. The argument matters because we are free not to commit ourselves; free, instead, to propose that the plenitude hides a vacancy. This is the ...
... claim, is that we must commit ourselves to textuality as the plenitude of understanding. The argument matters because we are free not to commit ourselves; free, instead, to propose that the plenitude hides a vacancy. This is the ...
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... idea of divine surveillance. In his selfdefensive polemics, he repeatedly calls God to witness that he, Milton, never forgets God's witnessing. Absolute proof of moral integrity derives from this claim of theocentric exposure – or.
... idea of divine surveillance. In his selfdefensive polemics, he repeatedly calls God to witness that he, Milton, never forgets God's witnessing. Absolute proof of moral integrity derives from this claim of theocentric exposure – or.
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And Philosophical Hermeneutics James Dougal Fleming. integrity derives from this claim of theocentric exposure – or rather, this claim of a constant consciousness of theocentric exposure. For a subject who is always remembering that he ...
And Philosophical Hermeneutics James Dougal Fleming. integrity derives from this claim of theocentric exposure – or rather, this claim of a constant consciousness of theocentric exposure. For a subject who is always remembering that he ...
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... claim. Nonetheless, Sataninthesnake claims to have made an experimental discovery, leading, as in heaven, to a radical interpretation: “God therefore cannot hurt ye, and be just,” he tells Eve; “Not just, not God; not feard then, nor ...
... claim. Nonetheless, Sataninthesnake claims to have made an experimental discovery, leading, as in heaven, to a radical interpretation: “God therefore cannot hurt ye, and be just,” he tells Eve; “Not just, not God; not feard then, nor ...
Inhalt
Expressing the Conscience | |
The Armor of Intention | |
The Armor of Intension | |
Talking and Learning in Paradise | |
Secrecy Again? | |
Works Cited | |
Index | |
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