Free Download Jonardon Ganeri, "Virtual Subjects, Fugitive Selves: Fernando Pessoa and his philosophy"
English | ISBN: 019886468X | 2021 | 192 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book is a sustained analytical exploration of the rich philosophy of self of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) has become many things to many people in the years that have passed since his untimely death. For some he is simply the greatest Portuguese poet of the 20th century. For others he has gradually emerged as a forgotten voice in 20th century modernism. And yet Pessoa was also a philosopher, and it is only very recently that the philosophical importance of his work has begun to attract the attention it deserves. Pessoa composed systematic philosophical essays in his pre-heteronymic period, defending rationalism in epistemology and sensationism in the philosophy of mind. His heteronymic work, decisively breaking with the conventional strictures of systematic philosophical writing, is a profound and exquisite exploration in the philosophy of self.
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