The Absolute – Post Kantian Idealism and English Poetry

Date/Time

21/10/2024 (Monday)

8.00 - 9.30 pm

Location
The Adelaide





Presented by Barrie Selwyn

The Absolute is a concept that can be traced back to Parmenides.  With a nod to Spinoza it re -emerges when the post Kantians attempt to resolve the chasm between thought and being arising from Kant’s concept of the noumenon- the enigmatic and unknowable thing in itself  At the same time the ‘Absolute’  appears  in English Poetry of this period.  This reciprocity between philosophy and Literature has never been matched.