Monstrosity and philosophy radical otherness in Greek and Latin culture
Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in the ancient world. Del Lucchese grapples with the concept of monstrosity, showing how ancient philosophers explored metaphysics, ontology, theology and politics to respond to the challenge of radical otherness in nat...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Edinburgh University Press
2019
2020. |
| Colección: | Edinburgh scholarship online.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430298506719 |
| Sumario: | Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in the ancient world. Del Lucchese grapples with the concept of monstrosity, showing how ancient philosophers explored metaphysics, ontology, theology and politics to respond to the challenge of radical otherness in nature and in thought. |
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| Notas: | Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (iv, 426 pages) |
| Público: | Specialized. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474476935 9781474456234 |
