Lorenzo (Hrsg.) Perilli

Ancient Philosophy

Textual Paths and Historical Explorations

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'We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece', the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley once wrote. It is in Greek that the questions which shaped the destiny of Western culture were asked, and so were the first attempts at an answer, and the search for a method of investigation. This book tries to rediscover the propulsive force that for over two millennia spread, and still lives in our system of thought. By systematically quoting the very words of the leading actors and by tracing their sources, it leads the reader along a path where they will be able to observe the establishment of philosophical idea… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Taormina, Daniela P. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-351-71604-8
EAN: 9781351716048
Produktnummer: 25632931
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 836 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 8'971 KB
Abbildungen: 8 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 2 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 3 schwarz-weiße Tabellen, 1 Karten

Über den Autor

Lorenzo Perilli is Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Italy, and the Director of the transdisciplinary Research Centre in Classics, Mathematics and Philosophy 'Forms of Knowledge in the Ancient World'. His research interests include Ancient medicine and science, Presocratic philosophy, textual criticism, and humanities computing. Daniela P. Taormina is Professor in Greek Philosophy at the University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Italy. Her research activity concerns especially the philosophy of Late Antiquity, from Middle-Platonism to the Platonic philosophers of the VI century AD and is focused in particular on the domains of psychology and post-Plotinian ontology. Most recently, she is co-editor and contributor of Plotinus and Epicurus. Matter, Perception, Pleasure (2016).