Enchantments
Why is Don Quixote considered the first modern novel? What makes it modern?
Meta-narration: the characters/world in the book know they are in a book. Writing aware of itself as writing.
What does the Storm in the Tempest symbolize?
How is this related to Martin Luther?
Storm is a symbol of that-which-is-beyond-our-control (Fate/God(s). It represents human vulnerability.
Luther became a monk after being stuck in a storm.
What is the Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence?
The demon-inspired thought experiment that you should do only what you could will eternally again.
How does Kant define "Enlightenment."
Man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.
As you from crimes would pardoned be,
Let your indulgence set me free.
Prospero's Epilogue in The Tempest
How does Max Weber define disenchantment?
"Hence, it means that principally there are no mysterious incalculable forces that come into play, but rather that one can, in principle, master all things by calculation."
Who says this and whom are they talking about?
"A devil, a born devil, on whose nature
Nurture can never stick"
Prospero about Caliban
What is the whole point of Nietzsche's Parable of the Madman?
That atheists are not honest in facing up to the consequences of disbelieving in God, and that everything must be remade/redefined from the bottom-up.
For Lewis, what role does "correct thinking" play in making a person or society good?
It checks/buffers evil errors.
It makes evil harder to take root.
"Scientific progress is a fraction, the most important fraction, of the process of intellectualization which we have been undergoing for thousands of years..."
Max Weber, "Science as Vocation."
What was the primary difference between how Weber and Lewis defined enchantment?
Weber: as a social/historical/cultural force
Lewis: as a psychological/spiritual cycle
Fill this in from Prospero: "And thence retire me to my Milan, where Every third _____ shall be my ______."
Prospero: "And thence retire me to my Milan, where
Every third thought shall be my grave."
What two stories does Nietzsche retell in the sections of The Gay Science we read?
(1) Plato's Allegory of the Cave (Republic, Book 7).
(2) Diogenes the Cynic looking for an Honest Man in the marketplace.
For Lewis, what's the difference between Theoretical Reason and Practical Reason?
Theoretical Reason: Truth and Reality
Practical Reason: Good and Evil
"Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason... my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. "
Martin Luther
What are the four stages of Enchantment, for Lewis?
Un-enchantment: X is meaningless to me.
Enchantment: X is everything to me.
Disenchantment: X is not what I thought it was.
Enchantment: Sees truth in previous stages.
When does The Tempest turn from a vengeance story to a story of forgiveness and reconciliation? (What happens in the play at this point?)
Ariel reports the suffering of the nobles to Prospero, saying: "Mine [affections] would, sir, were I human."
Give me three of the following four names:
Sancho Panza's daughter
Don Quixote's real name
Don Quixote's horse
Don Quixote's Lady
Panza's daughter = Sanchica
Don Quixote = Alonso Quijano
Horse = Rocinante
Lady = Dulcinea of Toboso
What was the Luther vs. Erasmus debate about? What did each side argue?
About whether Truth should be published openly.
Erasmus: censorship is important for illiterate groups and volatile truths
Luther: truth at all costs, including deaths
"Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing."
Nietzsche, "On Truth and Lies in a Non-moral Sense."
What's the title of the article in which Lewis introduces the four stages of Enchantment?
"Talking about Bicycles."
Who was Caliban's mother in The Tempest?
Sycorax the Witch
What is the Title and Name of the Knight that beats Don Quixote in battle, forcing him to return to his village and become a shepherd?
Knight of the White Moon
Sanson Carrasco (the Bachelor/poet/friend)
What happened in Europe between 1618 and 1648?
The 30 Year's War between Catholics and Protestants: 4.5 - 8 million deaths.
Context for Luther, Erasmus, and Kant.
"O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O, brave new world
That has such people in ’t!"
Miranda (Prospero's daughter)