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May 24, 2021
Hölderlin’s Reflections on the Death of Empedocles: A Mourning Play

Hölderlin’s Reflections on the Death of Empedocles: A Mourning Play

Friedrich Hölderlin was a German poet and philosopher (1770-1843) devoted to classical Greek culture. Much of his work concerns the memorialization of classical antiquity, blending its mythology with the exhausted Christian mythos of his day, and attempting to clear a space for the departed gods to walk once more with men. As a result, he …

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