The idea of a living spirit
Subtitle: poetic logic as a contemporary theory
By: Paul Colilli
Series: Toronto studies in semiotics
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng; snd
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Semantics (Philosophy); Poetry; Meaning (Philosophy); Life
Description: In this book, Paul Colilli brings a unifying perspective to the time-worn debate between rationalists and empiricists by demonstrating that ratio-logical thinking is based on, not separate from, poetico-logical thinking.

Colilli sets out his theory of poetic logic through an analysis of works by a range of thinkers and writers that include Paolo Valesio, Franco Rella, Giorgio Agamben, Martin Heidegger, Carl Jung, Giambattista Vico, and Giordano Bruno. Their writings offer a strong counter-argument to the mechanistic and materialistic perspectives of postmodern science and philosophy.

Through his expansive interpretive approach, Colilli is able to re-establish a unity that once existed between poetry and philosophy, and between the lyric and the rational.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-284 and index