Human, animal, and plant in Virgil’s Georgics: porousness of borders and empathy

This article discusses a specific aspect of the Georgics, poem written by Publius Vergilius Maro in the first century BC. Thus, by going through his four Books one by one, we hope to establish that the author frequently depicts plants, animals, and humans as beings with shared characteristics. Furth...

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Autor: Trevizam, Matheus
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufc:article/92950
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/92950
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Geórgicas. Vegetal. Animal. Humano. Porosidade. Empatia.
Georgics. Vegetal. Animal. Human. Porosity. Empathy.
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Sumario:This article discusses a specific aspect of the Georgics, poem written by Publius Vergilius Maro in the first century BC. Thus, by going through his four Books one by one, we hope to establish that the author frequently depicts plants, animals, and humans as beings with shared characteristics. Furthermore, the proximity of being and feeling enables for the expression of empathy among the characters in the poem.