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2016 | XVIII (XXVII) | 9-22

Article title

The Contemporary Dilemmas of Narcissus and Pygmalion. A Study of the Aesthetics of Life

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Title variants

EN
Współczesne rozterki Narcyza i Pygmaliona. Studium z estetyki życia

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Abstracts

EN
This article presents two characters from the Greek mythology: Narcissus and Pygmalion. They are two different symbols of human destiny, who share a hyperactive attitude towards unreality/fiction. In their case, what exists loses the dispute over existence with what does not exist. Contrary to Narcissus, who is the victim of this dispute, Pygmalion is its beneficiary. Narcissus loses the dispute, because he is fulfilled in contemplation; Pygmalion wins, as he has managed to make his life a part of an aesthetic experience.
PL
W artykule prezentuję dwie postaci greckiej mitologii: Narcyza i Pygmaliona. Są to dwa różne symbole ludzkiego losu, które łączy nadaktywny stosunek do nierzeczywistości/fikcji. W ich przypadku to co jest, przegrywa spór o istnienie z tym, czego nie ma. W przeciwieństwie do Narcyza, który jest ofiarą tego sporu, Pygmalion jest jego beneficjentem. Narcyz przegrywa, ponieważ spełnił się w kontemplacji; Pygmalion wygrywa, ponieważ udało mu się uczynić swoje życie częścią doświadczenia estetycznego.

Keywords

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fiction   culture   myth   nature   modernity   image   lust  

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9-22

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Dates

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2016

Contributors

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  • Institute of Philosophy Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań

References

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  • Lacione S. (2001) Knowing Kings: Knowledge, Power, and Narcissism in the Hebrew Bible, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.
  • Ovid (1958) Metamorphoses, transl. by Horace Gregory, New York: The Viking Press.
  • The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator (1854) vol. 6, ed. by G.W. Greene, New York: G.P. Putnam & Company.

Document Type

Publication order reference

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ISSN
1641-9278

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