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What did Poe mean by the spirit of perversity?
I've been re-reading Edgar Allan Poe for Halloween season, and tuning into his philosophical explorations of the irrational mind and its impact on our ethical capacities. He has characters voice this concept of "perversity"--the unconscious drive towards self-sabotage that undermines the conscious mind's ability to act rationally and ethically.
In this I hear echoes of Aristotle and Augustine as well as a critique of modern normative theories itself. Here is more of my exploration of the philosophical and psychological implications of Poe's gothic stories:
http://worldmythology.blog/2023/10/13/the-philosophy-of-decomposition-poe-and-the-perversity-of-the-gothic-mind/
What do you think of Poe's reflections on the dark side of human nature? What stories do you think best expresses these themes?
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I've been re-reading Edgar Allan Poe for Halloween season, and tuning into his philosophical explorations of the irrational mind and its impact on our ethical capacities. He has characters voice this concept of "perversity"--the unconscious drive towards self-sabotage that undermines the conscious mind's ability to act rationally and ethically.
In this I hear echoes of Aristotle and Augustine as well as a critique of modern normative theories itself. Here is more of my exploration of the philosophical and psychological implications of Poe's gothic stories:
http://worldmythology.blog/2023/10/13/the-philosophy-of-decomposition-poe-and-the-perversity-of-the-gothic-mind/
What do you think of Poe's reflections on the dark side of human nature? What stories do you think best expresses these themes?
#entertainment
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