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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Del Lucchese, Filippo, 1969- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Edinburgh University Press 2019
2020.
Colección:Edinburgh scholarship online.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430298506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Myth and the Logos
  • 2 The Pre-Platonic Philosophers
  • 3 Plato
  • 4 Aristotle
  • 5 Epicurus and Lucretius
  • 6 Stoicism
  • 7 Scepticism
  • 8 Middle and Neoplatonism
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • Index Verborum
  • Index Rerum
  • Index Nominum