Porphyry: On Abstinence from Killing Animals
Porphyry's On Abstinence from Killing Animals is one of the most interesting books from Greek antiquity for both philosophers and historians. In it, Porphyry relates the arguments for eating or sacrificing animals and then goes on to argue that an understanding of humans and gods shows such sacrifice to be inappropriate, that an understanding of animals shows it to be unjust, and that a knowledge of non-Greeks shows it to be unnecessary. There are no Neoplatonist commentaries on Aristotle's Ethics from the period AD 250-600. Thus, although this work is not a commentary on Aristotle, it fills a gap in this series by going to the heart of ethic…
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Weitere Autoren: Clark, Gillian (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7156-2901-7
- EAN: 9780715629017
- Produktnummer: 17323521
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 222 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm 503 g
- Gewicht: 503
Über den Autor
Gillian Clark is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Liverpool and Professor-elect of Ancient History, University of Bristol.
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