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Philosophy and literature involves the literary treatment of philosophers and philosophical themes (the literature of philosophy), and the philosophical treatment of issues raised by literature (the philosophy of literature). The philosophy of literature, a subset of aesthetics, examines the nature of art and the significance of verbal arts ...
Philosophical fiction is any fiction that devotes a significant portion of its content to the sort of questions addressed by philosophy.It might explore any facet of the human condition, including the function and role of society, the nature and motivation of human acts, the purpose of life, ethics or morals, the role of art in human lives, the role of experience or reason in the development ...
A group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical and is only realized through a knowledgeable intuitive awareness that is conditional upon the individual.
A Berlin Republic – A Buyer's Market – A Calendar of Wisdom – A Clockwork Orange – A Conflict of Visions – A Darwinian Left – A Defence of Common Sense – A Defense of Abortion – A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain – A Few Words on Non-Intervention – A Fórmula de Deus – A General View of Positivism – A Grief Observed – A Guide for the Perplexed ...
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works. These terms are helpful for curricula or anthologies. [1]
Dostoevsky engages with profound philosophical and social problems by using the techniques of the adventure novel as a means of "testing the idea and the man of the idea". [8] Characters are brought together in extraordinary situations for the provoking and testing of the philosophical ideas by which they are dominated. [9]
A priori and a posteriori; A series and B series; Abductive reasoning; Ability; Absolute; Absolute time and space; Abstract and concrete; Adiaphora; Aesthetic emotions
Novels where philosophical ideas form the main crux of the narrative. Category:Novels about philosophers categorizes biographical novels about philosophers.