Philosophy
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Philosophie im Umbruch: Der Bruch mit dem Aristotelismus im Hellenismus und im späten Mittelalter - seine Bedeutung fuer die Entstehung eines epochalen Gegensatzbewusstseins von Antike und Moderne. 6. Tagung der Karl und Gertrud Abel-Stiftung am 29. und 30. November 2002 in Marb [Hardback]
Arbogast Schmitt (Editor)
$71.00ISBN: 9783515090841
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Philosophie der Antike (PhA)
Volume: 21
The early modern period constructed its perception of the past on the basis of an Hellenistic antiquity influenced by the Roman era, and tuned its back on the outmoded concept of Aristotelian antiquity. A similar shift can be perceived among th... .... Learn More -
Was ist Leben?: Aristoteles Anschauungen zur Entstehung und Funktionsweise von Leben. Akten der Tagung vom 23.-26. August 2006 in Bamberg [Hardback]
Sabine Follinger (Author)
$98.00ISBN: 9783515092449
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Philosophie der Antike (PhA)
Volume: 27
How did Aristotle, the founder of scientific biology, define life? In this volume, which collects the contributions to a conference held in 2006, philologists, philosophers and biologists approach this question. They study how Aristotles conce... .... Learn More -
What is a God?: Studies in the Nature of Greek Divinity [Paperback]
Alan B. Lloyd (Author)
$40.00ISBN: 9781905125357
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
Eleven papers on aspects of Greek religion from Minoans to the classical world. Striking similarities are revealed between religious ideas in Greece and non-Greek Asia. There are special studies of Apollo, Athena, and Dionysiac religion and new... .... Learn More -
In the beginning was the apeiron: Infinity in Greek philosophy [Hardback]
Adam Drozdek (Author)
$60.00ISBN: 9783515092586
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Palingenesia. Schriftenreihe für Klassische Altertumswissenschaft
Volume: 94
The book is a historical investigation of the problem of infinity in Greek ontology and physics more specifically, the problem of the infinite size of the world and of its eternal existence, the problem of the infinity of worlds, of infinite ... .... Learn More -
Beiträge zur Aristotelischen Handlungstheorie: Akten der 8. Tagung der Karl und Gertrud Abel-Stiftung vom 08.-11.07.2004 in Blankensee [Hardback]
Klaus Corcilius (Author); Christof Rapp (Author)
$68.00ISBN: 9783515090575
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Philosophie der Antike (PhA)
Volume: 24
In the philosophical action theory of today, Aristotle is all but omnipresent. Many influential theoreticians directly refer to his positions. But what about Aristotles own conceptions? A direct and simple answer to this question is impossible,... .... Learn More -
Shame and Necessity [Paperback]
Bernard Williams (Author)
$21.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780520256439
Published by : University of California Press
We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanced from these to a more refined moral consciousness. Bernard Williams's original and radical book... .... Learn More -
Atlantis Story: A Short History of Plato's Myth [Hardback]
Pierre Vidal-Naquet (Author)
Regular Price: $40.00
Special Price: $9.98
ISBN: 9780859898058
Published by : The Exeter Press
The history of the development through the ages of Plato's Atlantis story-the imperialist island state that disappeared in a cataclysm, leaving Athens to survive it . . .
Instead of simply focusing on the various attempts to 'f... .... Learn More -
Presocratics [Paperback]
James Warren (Author)
Regular Price: $24.95
Special Price: $9.98
ISBN: 9780520253698
Published by : University of California Press
The earliest phase of philosophy in Europe saw the beginnings of cosmology and rational theology, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethical and political theory. It also saw the development of a wide range of radical and challenging ideas, from Th... .... Learn More -
Wooden Horse: The Liberation of the Western Mind From Odysseus to Socrates [Hardback]
Keld Zeruneith (Author)
Regular Price: $37.95
Special Price: $9.98
ISBN: 9781585678181
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
The Wooden Horse is a powerful, provocative, and engaging new workby perhaps the worlds most insightful and acclaimed historian of the ancient worldthat establishes the foundation of the Western worlds conceptions of society, philosophy, and po... .... Learn More -
Words and Ideas: The Roots of Plato's Philosophy [Hardback]
Fritz-Gregor Herrmann (Author)
$79.50ISBN: 9781905125203
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
Plato did not create his philosophy ex nihilo , but rather drew on four centuries of literary production in epic and lyric poetry, as well as on ethnography and historiography, tragedy and comedy, medical and mathematical research, oratory and ... .... Learn More