Aeneid Psychology
And Nisus says: "Euryalus, is it
the gods who put this fire in our minds,
or is it that each man's relentless longing
becomes a god to him? Long has my heart
been keen for battle or some mighty act;
it cannot be content with peace or rest.
(Aeneid IX 243-247, tr. Mandelbaum)
Strikingly modern, that.
Comment
Roberto Bolaño: The Savage Detectives | Hegel and Wittgenstein
Define “modern.”
— Gabriella Gruder-Poni · Apr 21, 12:39 AM · #
Very short answer: psychological. It reads as though Plato’s tripartite soul has been reconstructed in a conscious/unconscious context.
I’m reading into it, but it’s still quite remarkable.
— Mr. Waggish · Apr 21, 03:53 AM · #
‘Tis. Something like a reversal of Diotima’s allegory of the daemons. Its de-allgorization.
— nightspore · Apr 23, 11:13 AM · #
Does he talk to active effect is my question. Is Action or Divinity the focus of thought there?
— Brian Hadd · Apr 23, 04:16 PM · #