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Author | : Therese Fuhrer |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2023-12-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3111316807 |
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Mankind's constant struggle with physical as well as mental weaknesses is omnipresent in ancient literature: misconduct, wrongdoing, failure and experiences of contingency are anthropological phenomena. Ancient ethics, epistemology, and natural philosophy have developed different theoretical approaches and guidelines on how to act and how to overcome all kinds of problems. Christian theology, on the other hand, has explained moral failure as a symptom of original sin, comparing decline and destruction to a burden from which mankind is relieved only at the end. The contributions explore how ancient philosophical texts, both pagan and Christian, explain, conceptualize and integrate the myriad manifestations of human fallibility into the different philosophical schools. The focus is on anthropological, ontological and theological concepts that analyse and reflect human fallibility, as well as on the textual and linguistic representation of the phenomenon in ancient literature. Several contributions in the volume explore literary texts that discuss or illustrate the philosophical dimension of fallibility, such as satire's or tragedy's (often exaggerated) depiction of human weakness.
Author | : Harald Thorsrud |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2014-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317492838 |
Download Ancient Scepticism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360-c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiricus in the second century CE. Thorsrud explores the differences among Sceptics and examines in particular the separation of the Scepticism of Pyrrho from its later form - Academic Scepticism - which arose when its ideas were introduced into Plato's "Academy" in the third century BCE. He also unravels the prolonged controversy that developed between Academic Scepticism and Stoicism, the prevailing dogmatism of the day. Steering an even course through the many differences of scholarly opinion surrounding Scepticism, Thorsrud provides a balanced appraisal of its enduring significance by showing why it remains so philosophically interesting and how ancient interpretations differ from modern ones.
Author | : Catherine Osborne |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2007-01-25 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191515701 |
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Animal rights do not feature explicitly in ancient thought. Indeed the notion of natural rights in general is not obviously present in the classical world. Plato and Aristotle are typically read as racist and elitist thinkers who barely recognise the humanity of their fellow humans. Surely they would be the last to show up as models of the humane view of other kinds? In this unusual philosophy book, Catherine Osborne asks the reader to think again. She shows that Plato's views on reincarnation and Aristotle's views on the souls of plants and animals reveal a continuous thread of life in which humans are not morally superior to beasts; Greek tragedy turns up thoughts that mirror the claims of rights activists when they speak for the voiceless; the Desert Fathers teach us to admire the natural perceptiveness of animals rather than the corrupt ways of urban man; the long tradition of arguments for vegetarianism in antiquity highlights how mankind's abuse of other animals is the more offensive the more it is for indulgent ends. What, then, is the humane attitude, and why is it better? How does the humane differ from the sentimental? Is there a truth about how we should treat animals? By reflecting on the work of the ancient poets and philosophers, Osborne argues, we can see when and how we lost touch with the natural intelligence of dumb animals.
Author | : Marília Futre Pinheiro |
Publisher | : Barkhuis |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2015-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9491431935 |
Download Philosophy and the Ancient Novel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The papers assembled in this volume explore a relatively new area in scholarship on the ancient novel: the relationship between an ostensibly non-philosophical genre and philosophy. This approach opens up several original themes for further research and debate. Platonising fiction was popular in the Second Sophistic and it took a variety of forms, ranging from the intertextual to the allegorical, and discussions of the origins of the novel-genre in antiquity have centred on the role of Socratic dialogue in general and Plato’s dialogues in particular as important precursors. The papers in this collection cover a variety of genres, ranging from the Greek and Roman novels to utopian narratives and fictional biographies, and seek by diverse methods to detect philosophical resonances in these texts.
Author | : Martha C. Nussbaum |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 587 |
Release | : 2001-01-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107393779 |
Download The Fragility of Goodness Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is a study of ancient views about 'moral luck'. It examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to factors outside a person's control, and asks how this affects our appraisal of persons and their lives. The Greeks made a profound contribution to these questions, yet neither the problems nor the Greek views of them have received the attention they deserve. This book thus recovers a central dimension of Greek thought and addresses major issues in contemporary ethical theory. One of its most original aspects is its interrelated treatment of both literary and philosophical texts. The Fragility of Goodness has proven to be important reading for philosophers and classicists, and its non-technical style makes it accessible to any educated person interested in the difficult problems it tackles. This edition, first published in 2001, features a preface by Martha Nussbaum.
Author | : William Butler |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 2023-02-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3368800590 |
Download Lectures on the History of Ancient Philosophy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author | : Charles Montague Bakewell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Philosophy, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
Download Source Book in Ancient Philosophy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"(From the preface) Every one who has attempted to introduce students to the study of Philosophy by way of its history must have felt the need of having in compact form the most significant documents upon which the interpretations of that history are based, in order that it may be possible from the first to bring the student into direct contact with the sources, so far at least as that may be done through the medium of translations. The primary aim of this book is to supply this need. It is intended to serve either as a companion volume to any History of Philosophy that may be adopted as a text-book, or as a substitute for such a history where the instructor may prefer through his own lectures to give his own interpretation of this philosophical movement. It is hoped that the book may also, as a reference work, prove of value to students of philosophy generally, as well as to all who are interested in the development of ancient thought."--(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).
Author | : Charles Montague Bakewell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1958 |
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Author | : William Archer Butler |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2023-10-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3375166893 |
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Author | : Charles M. Bakewell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 1973 |
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