Monstrosity and philosophy: radical otherness in Greek and Latin culture

Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in ancient culture. 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...

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1. Verfasser: Del Lucchese, Filippo 1969- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in ancient culture. 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
Beschreibung:Erscheint auch als Open Access bei De Gruyter
Beschreibung:iv, 426 Seiten
ISBN:9781474456203
DOI:10.1515/9781474456234