Ancient Worlds Modern Reflections

Author : Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections written by Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Lloyd engages in a wide-ranging exploration of what we can learn from the study of ancient civilizations that is relevant to fundamental problems, both intellectual and moral, that we still face today.

Author : Geoffrey Lloyd
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191558443
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections written by Geoffrey Lloyd and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Lloyd engages in a wide-ranging exploration of what we can learn from the study of ancient civilisations that is relevant to fundamental problems, both intellectual and moral, that we still face today. How far is it possible to arrive at an understanding of alien systems of belief? Is it possible to talk meaningfully of 'science' and of its various constituent disciplines, 'astronomy', 'geography', 'anatomy', and so on, in the ancient world? Are logic and its laws universal? Is there one ontology - a single world - to which all attempts at understanding must be considered to be directed? When we encounter apparently very different views of reality, how far can that be put down to a difference in conceptions of what needs explaining, or of what counts as an explanation, or to different preferred modes of reasoning or styles of inquiry? Do the notions of truth and belief represent reliable cross-cultural universals? In another area, what can ancient history teach us about today's social and political problems? Are the discourses of human nature and of human rights universally applicable? What political institutions do we need to help secure equity and justice within nation states and between them? Lloyd sets out to answer all these questions, and to convince us that the science and culture of ancient Greece and China provide precious resources to advance modern debates.

Author : Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections written by Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Lloyd engages in a wide-ranging exploration of what we can learn from the study of ancient civilizations that is relevant to fundamental problems, both intellectual and moral, that we still face today.

Author : G.E.R. Lloyd
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1849667861
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delusions of Invulnerability written by G.E.R. Lloyd and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How were the aims of philosophy and the responsibilities of philosophers conceived in ancient Greece and China? How were the learned elite recruited and controlled; how were their speculations and advice influenced by the different types of audiences they faced and the institutions in which they worked? How was a yearning for invulnerability reconciled with a sense of human frailty? In each chapter of this fascinating analysis ancient Greek and Chinese ideas and practices are used as a basis for critical reflections on the predicaments we continue to face today, with a particular focus on the key Greek ideas of the equal participation of all citizens in the political process, and on the key Chinese one of a dedication to the ideal of the welfare of all under heaven

Author : William Wotton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections Upon Ancient and Modern Learning written by William Wotton and published by . This book was released on 1694 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early chapters are on the "quarrel of ancients and moderns," focusing on the views of William Temple and Charles Perrault on ancient and modern literature and art. Discusses the explanations of blood circulation by Michael Servetus, William Harvey and others (p. 211-216).

Author : Karen Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781443001472
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civilizations: Ancient Worlds/Modern Times written by Karen Alexander and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greece and ancient Rome were two great early civilizations. They have both influenced how we live today. Ancient Worlds looks at some of the most important aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, such as the Greek city-state and the rise and fall of Rome. Modern Times looks at element of the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations that can still be seen in modern Western society today.

Author : William Wotton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections Upon Ancient and Modern Learning written by William Wotton and published by . This book was released on 1705 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Wotton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections Upon Ancient and Modern Learning written by William Wotton and published by . This book was released on 1697 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Olaf Almqvist
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350221880
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chaos, Cosmos and Creation in Early Greek Theogonies written by Olaf Almqvist and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmologies, ancient and modern, explore not simply how the world was made but how humans relate to their surrounding environment and the often thin line which separates humans from gods and animals. Combining approaches from classical studies, anthropology, and philosophy, this book studies three competing cosmologies of the early Greek world: Hesiod's Theogony; the Orphic Derveni Theogony; and Protagoras' creation myth in Plato's eponymous dialogue. Although all three cosmologies are part of a single mythic tradition and feature a number of similar events and characters, Olaf Almqvist argues they offer very different answers to an ongoing debate on what it is to be human. Engaging closely with the ontological turn in anthropology and in particular with the work of Philippe Descola, this book outlines three key sets of ontological assumptions – analogism, pantheism, and naturalism – found in early Greek literature and explores how these competing ontological assumptions result in contrasting attitudes to rituals such as prayer and sacrifice.

Author : Verity Harte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107244722
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy written by Verity Harte and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first exploration of how ideas of politeia (constitution) structure both political and extra-political relations throughout the entirety of Greek and Roman philosophy, ranging from Presocratic to classical, Hellenistic, and Neoplatonic thought. A highly distinguished international team of scholars investigate topics such as the Athenian, Spartan and Platonic visions of politeia, the reshaping of Greek and Latin vocabularies of politics, the practice of politics in Plato and Proclus, the politics of value in Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics, and the extension of constitutional order to discussions of animals, gods and the cosmos. The volume is dedicated to Professor Malcolm Schofield, one of the world's leading scholars of ancient philosophy.