Of Fairies and Aerial Spirits: The Metaphysics of Robert Kirk's Secret Commonwealth
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0015587X.2024.2439745" target="_blank" >10.1080/0015587X.2024.2439745</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Of Fairies and Aerial Spirits: The Metaphysics of Robert Kirk's Secret Commonwealth
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
This article attempts to uncover the metaphysical theories in the background of Robert Kirk's description of 'Subterraneans' in his Secret Commonwealth. In doing so, it shows that Kirk's Platonism seems directly derived from the philosophy of Henry More. Starting with a comparison between Kirk's and More's descriptions of the afterlife and the community of spirits, the article goes on to show how More's theory of aerial bodies provides an ideal framework for interpreting Kirk, by resolving the problem of how Subterraneans relate to angels and to dead souls. Beyond these structural similarities, it is also shown that Kirk works with specifically Morean notions and at times seems to echo his words. While a comparable level of structural similarity may be found between Kirk and Paracelsus, it is shown that the background metaphysics are very different in these two authors.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Of Fairies and Aerial Spirits: The Metaphysics of Robert Kirk's Secret Commonwealth
Popis výsledku anglicky
This article attempts to uncover the metaphysical theories in the background of Robert Kirk's description of 'Subterraneans' in his Secret Commonwealth. In doing so, it shows that Kirk's Platonism seems directly derived from the philosophy of Henry More. Starting with a comparison between Kirk's and More's descriptions of the afterlife and the community of spirits, the article goes on to show how More's theory of aerial bodies provides an ideal framework for interpreting Kirk, by resolving the problem of how Subterraneans relate to angels and to dead souls. Beyond these structural similarities, it is also shown that Kirk works with specifically Morean notions and at times seems to echo his words. While a comparable level of structural similarity may be found between Kirk and Paracelsus, it is shown that the background metaphysics are very different in these two authors.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2025
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Folklore
ISSN
0015-587X
e-ISSN
1469-8315
Svazek periodika
136
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
2
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
21
Strana od-do
270-290
Kód UT WoS článku
001501449400011
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-105007229349