Acta Structuralica

international journal for structuralist research

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Eros and Eris

the Trojan war and Heidegger on the essence of truth

Samuel IJsseling

pp. 1-10

Abstract

For the Greeks, The Trojan War is above all else an affair of the gods, of divine Eros and Eris. A central role in the war is played by Helen. All sorts of problems are raised concerning her guilt and responsibility, and for the Greeks this means chiefly whether she receives a good or bad name. These problems are raised against the background of the ambiguity of Eros and Eris. When Heidegger speaks about the essence of truth as class="EmphasisTypeItalic ">Urstreit and thereby explicitly refers to the "war" of Heraclitus and to Eros and Eris, this too can be understood in the framework of this ambivalence.

Publication details

Published in:

Sars Paul, Bremmers Chris, Boey Koen (1992) Eros and Eris: contributions to a hermeneutical phenomenology liber amicorum for adriaan Peperzak. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 1-10

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1464-8_1

Full citation:

IJsseling Samuel (1992) „Eros and Eris: the Trojan war and Heidegger on the essence of truth“, In: P. Sars, C. Bremmers & K. Boey (eds.), Eros and Eris, Dordrecht, Springer, 1–10.