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- Abstract:
- Giacomo Leopardi and Fernando Pessoa seem to share an unusually complex metaphysics of boredom, a trace which is strikingly modern. This metaphysics partially feeds upon science and, more specifically, astronomy. This paper looks at the similarities in Leopardi's and Pessoa's intricate philosophies of boredom, which are interwoven with their views on reality and illusion, space and time, relativity and the role of humans in the universe.
- Giacomo Leopardi e Fernando Pessoa parecem compartilhar uma metafísica do tédio invulgarmente complexa, um aspecto notavelmente moderno. Essa metafísica alimenta-se parcialmente das ciências e, mais especificamente, da astronomia. Este artigo enfoca as similaridades entre as intrincadas filosofias do tédio de Pessoa e Leopardi, que se encontram entrelaçadas às suas respectivas visões sobre realidade e ilusão, espaço e tempo, relatividade - e sobre o papel do ser humano no universo.
Citation
Baldi, Elio Attilio,
"Science, astronomy and taedium metaphysicum: an investigation into the boredom of Giacomo Leopardi and Fernando Pessoa"
(2017).
Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.7301/Z0D21VSH
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Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies
...Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies (ISSN: 2212-4179) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to studies of Fernando Pessoa. It is published jointly by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University, the Department of …