El mito del héroe

Tocó a Publio Virgilio Marón (70-19 a.C.) ser, al mismo tiempo, testigo y artífice de uno de los momentos singulares de la historia de Roma: el fin de la República y el advenimiento y consolidación del Principado augustal. Es, por otra parte, el poeta más celebrado de la latinidad, leído y valorado desde la Antigüedad Clásica hasta nuestros días. Ya el poeta T. S. Eliot, en una conferencia memorable que pronunciara en Londres –titulada «¿Qué es un clásico?»–, definió al autor de la Eneida como el clásico por antomasia, ya que sirvió como canon o paradigma de lo poético...

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Esta obra compendia las ponencias presentadas en el Tercer Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Filosofía, que tuvo lugar en Cali (Colombia) en el año 2010. Como es bien sabido, durante ese mismo año se conmemoró en el país el Bicentenario de emancipación de la Corona española. Con tal motivo, fue programado dentro del Tercer Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Filosofía un simposio dedicado a este tema. Las contribuciones que se presentan en este libro no provienen de historiadores profesionales. Podría decirse más bien que presuponen sus hallazgos, y los toman como punto de...

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