Monstrosity and Philosophy : Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture

• Tác giả: Filippo Del Lucchese
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1474456234
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 180 Ancient, medieval, eastern philosophy
• Thông tin xuất bản: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 200924
• Chủ đề: 1. Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Tóm tắt

 Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in the ancient world. They raise enduring philosophical questions: about chaos and order
  about divinity and perversion
  about meaning and purpose
  about the hierarchy of nature or its absence. 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.