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(1992) Eros and Eris, Dordrecht, Springer.
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.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1464-8_1
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IJsseling, S. (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, pp. 1-10.
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