If we were to consider the book of the Operette Morali as a repertoire of myths, sometimes blatantly exhibited, sometimes cleverly concealed when not immersed in the text's plots, it would systematically call into question the real consistency of those ‘deceptions of the intellect’ on which the myth of modernity is based, instilling in the reader a healthy and non-conformist attitude to doubt. In this specific case, the essay investigates an intertextual relationship between the Dialogue of Nature and a Soul and the myth of Er treated in Plato's Republic - and consequently a possible juxtaposition between Plato's Ulysses and the character of Anima in Leopard's dialogue.
Se considerassimo il libro delle Operette morali come un repertorio di miti, a volte palesemente esibiti, talora accortamente dissimulati quando non immersi nelle trame del testo, esso chiamerebbe in causa sistematicamente la reale consistenza di quegli “inganni dell’intelletto”, sui quali alligna il mito della modernità, instillando nel lettore una sana e anticonformistica attitudine a dubitare. Nel caso specifico, il saggio indaga una relazione intertestuale fra il Dialogo della Natura e di un'Anima e il mito di Er trattato nella Repubblica di Platone - e di conseguenza un possibile accostamento fra l'Ulisse platonico e il personaggio di Anima nel dialogo leopardiano.
L’Anima oscura, la Natura onnipotente e l'illustre blasone del mito
Andrea Cannas
2022-01-01
Abstract
If we were to consider the book of the Operette Morali as a repertoire of myths, sometimes blatantly exhibited, sometimes cleverly concealed when not immersed in the text's plots, it would systematically call into question the real consistency of those ‘deceptions of the intellect’ on which the myth of modernity is based, instilling in the reader a healthy and non-conformist attitude to doubt. In this specific case, the essay investigates an intertextual relationship between the Dialogue of Nature and a Soul and the myth of Er treated in Plato's Republic - and consequently a possible juxtaposition between Plato's Ulysses and the character of Anima in Leopard's dialogue.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


