Monstrosity and Philosophy
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 wit...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-307452025-07-30T18:02:30Z Monstrosity and Philosophy Del Lucchese, Filippo Philosophy History & Surveys Ancient & Classical thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHA Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy 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. 2021-02-10T13:44:32Z 2021-02-10T13:44:32Z 2020-12-15T14:27:09Z 2019 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/44135 9781474456234 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30745 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44135/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44135/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44135/1/external_content.pdf Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press 208d7ab7-a2e4-4c7f-83b1-53dfb4ba4a35 Knowledge Unlatched 9781474456234 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2019: HSS Frontlist Books Edinburgh University Press open access |
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