Why would a philosopher take an artist seriously? : Nietzsche on Wagner, Heidegger on Hölderlin, Adorno on Schönberg

The centrality to philosophy of the relation between philosophers and artists is as old as philosophy itself. Regardless of whether one accepts Arthur C. Danto's claim that 'philosophy down the ages has consisted in placing codicils to the platonic testament', it is difficult to ignor...

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Main Author: Kuhlken, Julie
Published: Middlesex University 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407201