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Solon The Thinker
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Author : John Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2006
Solon The Thinker written by John Lewis and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Athens (Greece) categories.
"In Solon the Thinker John Lewis presents the hypothesis that Solon saw Athens as a self-governing, self-supporting system akin to the early Greek conceptions of the cosmos. Solon's polis functions neither by divine intervention nor the force of a tyrant, but by its own natural, self-governing internal energy."--BOOK JACKET.
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Author : John David Lewis
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-11-01
Solon The Thinker written by John David Lewis and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Solon the Thinker, John Lewis presents the hypothesis that Solon saw Athens as a self-governing, self-supporting system akin to the early Greek conceptions of the cosmos. Solon's polis functions not through divine intervention but by its own internal energy, which is founded on the intellectual health of its people, depends upon their acceptance of justice and moderation as orderly norms of life, and leads to the rejection of tyranny and slavery in favour of freedom. But Solon's naturalistic views are limited; in his own life each person is subject to the arbitrary foibles of moira, the inscrutable fate that governs human life, and that brings us to an unknowable but inevitable death. Solon represents both the new rational, scientific spirit that was sweeping the Aegean - and a return to the fatalism that permeated Greek intellectual life. This first paperback edition contains a new appendix of translations of the fragments of Solon by the author.
Solon The Thinker
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Author : John Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2006
Solon The Thinker written by John Lewis and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
"In Solon the Thinker John Lewis presents the hypothesis that Solon saw Athens as a self-governing, self-supporting system akin to the early Greek conceptions of the cosmos. Solon's polis functions neither by divine intervention nor the force of a tyrant, but by its own natural, self-governing internal energy."--BOOK JACKET.
Solon The Athenian The Poetic Fragments
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Author : Maria Noussia Fantuzzi
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-12-10
Solon The Athenian The Poetic Fragments written by Maria Noussia Fantuzzi and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book illuminates the authoritative voice of Solon of Athens by an integrated literary, historical, and philological approach and the use of a range of hermeneutic frameworks, from literary theory to oral poetics.
Wisdom And Beauty In Plato S Charmides
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Author : Inbal Cohen-Taber
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2022-10-28
Wisdom And Beauty In Plato S Charmides written by Inbal Cohen-Taber and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-28 with Philosophy categories.
Although wisdom and beauty are prized everywhere, in what exactly they consist is a matter of dispute that even has tragic political implications. As the traditional elites of fifth-century BCE Athens felt their social privileges being chipped away by democratic encroachments, they clung to their traditional belief that they—and they alone—were “beautiful and good” enough to rule. Plato’s alternately comic and serious dialogue Charmides is set in this Athens and explores the nature of temperance (sōphrosunē: in eating, in drinking, in life in general). In this book,. Cohen-Taber uses the dramatic structure of this dialogue to show how Socrates challenges the elitist views of his two interlocutors, revealing Plato’s critiques of aristocrats’ smug complacency about their supposed exclusive natural beauty and intellectual capacities (kalokagathia) that grant them the natural right to rule. Plato decided to write the dialogue because he saw this claim of superiority as continuously threatening to destabilize his polis. This leads Plato, Cohen-Taber argues, to suggest alternative, and more egalitarian, accounts of wisdom and beauty as the drama about sōphrosunē unfolds. These accounts are thoroughly moral, and therefore open to people from any economic class.
Borderline Exegesis
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Author : Leif E. Vaage
language : en
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-10
Borderline Exegesis written by Leif E. Vaage and has been published by Penn State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-10 with Religion categories.
In Borderline Exegesis, Leif Vaage presents an alternative approach to biblical interpretation, or exegesis—an approach that bends the boundaries of the traditional North American methodology to analyze the meaning of biblical texts for a wider audience. To accomplish this, Vaage engages in a practice he calls “borderline exegesis.” Adapting anthropological notions of borderlands, borderline exegesis writes biblical scholarship peripherally, unearthing the Bible’s textual and discursive borderlands and allowing biblical texts to be at play with the utopian imagination. The book’s main chapters comprise four case studies that engage in a “divergent reading” of the book of Job, the Gospel of Matthew, the Epistle of James, and the book of Revelation. Informed by the author’s time in war-torn Peru, these chapters take on themes that the poor and disenfranchised have historically claimed—themes of social justice, the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of prevailing social practices, and, most importantly, utopian demand for another possible world. The chapters are held together by the presentation of a greater theoretical framework that provides reflection on the exegetical practices within and confronts biblical scholars with important questions about the aims of the work they do. Taken as a whole, Borderline Exegesis seeks to disclose what the professional practice of textual interpretation might become if we refuse the conventional distances between academic practice and lived experience.
Wealth Commerce And Philosophy
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Author : Eugene Heath
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-06-02
Wealth Commerce And Philosophy written by Eugene Heath and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-02 with Philosophy categories.
The moral dimensions of how we conduct business affect all of our lives in ways big and small, from the prevention of environmental devastation to the policing of unfair trading practices, from arguments over minimum wage rates to those over how government contracts are handed out. Yet for as deep and complex a field as business ethics is, it has remained relatively isolated from the larger, global history of moral philosophy. This book aims to bridge that gap, reaching deep into the past and traveling the globe to reinvigorate and deepen the basis of business ethics. Spanning the history of western philosophy as well as looking toward classical Chinese thought and medieval Islamic philosophy, this volume provides business ethicists a unified source of clear, accurate, and compelling accounts of how the ideas of foundational thinkers—from Aristotle to Friedrich Hayek to Amartya Sen—relate to wealth, commerce, and markets. The essays illuminate perspectives that have often been ignored or forgotten, informing discussion in fresh and often unexpected ways. In doing so, the authors not only throw into relief common misunderstandings and misappropriations often endemic to business ethics but also set forth rich moments of contention as well as novel ways of approaching complex ethical problems. Ultimately, this volume provides a bedrock of moral thought that will move business ethics beyond the ever-changing opinions of headline-driven debate.
Natural Spectaculars
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Author : Michiel Meeusen
language : en
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Release Date : 2015-11-17
Natural Spectaculars written by Michiel Meeusen and has been published by Leuven University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-17 with Philosophy categories.
The value of Plutarch’s perception of physical reality and his attitude towards the natural spectacle Plutarch was very interested in the natural world around him, not only in terms of its elementary composition and physical processes, but also with respect to its providential ordering and marvels. His writings teach us a lot about his perception of physical reality and about his attitude to the natural spectacle. He found his greatest inspiration in the ontological and epistemological framework of Plato’s Timaeus, but a wide range of other authors were also of seminal interest to his project. Moreover, the highly literary value of Plutarch’s natural philosophical writings should not be underrated. It is therefore not surprising that recently scholars have started to reassess the ancient scientific value of Plutarch’s natural philosophical writings. Natural Spectaculars aims to give further impetus to this dynamic by treating several aspects of Plutarch’s natural philosophy which have remained unexplored up to now.
Thinking Knowing Acting Epistemology And Ethics In Plato And Ancient Platonism
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Author : Mauro Bonazzi
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-04-09
Thinking Knowing Acting Epistemology And Ethics In Plato And Ancient Platonism written by Mauro Bonazzi and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with Philosophy categories.
Thinking, Knowing, Acting: Epistemology and Ethics in Plato and Ancient Platonism aims to offer a fresh perspective on the correlation between epistemology and ethics in Plato and the Platonic tradition from Aristotle to Plotinus, by investigating the social, juridical and theoretical premises of their philosophy.
Early Greek Lawgivers
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Author : John Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-10
Early Greek Lawgivers written by John Lewis and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with History categories.
Designed for students and teachers of Ancient History or Classical Civilisation at school and in early university years, this series provides a valuable collection of guides to the history, art, literature, values and social institutions of the ancient world. "Early Greek Lawgivers" examines the men who brought laws to the early Greek city states, as an introduction both to the development of law and to the basic issues in early legal practice. The lawgiver was a man of special status, who could resolve disputes without violence, and who brought a sense of order to his community. Figures such as Minos of Crete, Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens resolved the chaos of civil strife by bringing comprehensive norms of ethical conduct to their fellows, and establishing those norms in the form of oral or written laws. Arbitration, justice, procedural versus substantive law, ethical versus legal norms, and the special character of written laws, form the background to the examination of the lawgivers themselves. Crete, under king Minos, became an example of the ideal community for later Greeks, such as Plato.The unwritten laws of Lycurgus established the foundations of the Spartan state, in contrast with the written laws of Solon in Athens. Other lawgivers illustrate particular issues in early law; for instance, Zaleucus on the divine source of laws; Philolaus on family law; Phaleas on communism of property; and Hippodamus on civic planning. This is an ideal first introduction to the establishment of law in ancient Greece. It is written for late school and early university students.