| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 156 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge monographs in classical studies |
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Routledge monographs in classical studies.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. First steps toward a "man alone of animals" concept in Greek thought -- 3. "Man alone of animals" : three classic ancient texts -- 4. What makes humans human? The reign of Logos -- 5. The importance of being rational : Logos and moral value -- 6. Body image : physiology and the rise of civilization -- 7. Animal affect : is "man alone of animals" emotional? |
| Summary |
"This is the first book-length study of the "man alone of animals" topos in classical literature, not restricting its analysis to Greco-Roman claims of man's intellectual uniqueness, but including classical assertions of man's physiological and emotional uniqueness. It supplements this analysis of ancient manifestations with an examination of how the commonplace survives and has been restated, transformed, and extended in contemporary ethological literature and in the literature of the animal rights and animal welfare movements. Author Stephen T. Newmyer demonstrates that the anthropocentrism detected in Greek applications of the "man alone of animals" topos is not only alive and well in many facets of the current debate on human-animal relations, but that combating its negative effects is a stated aim of some modern philosophers and activists."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Human beings -- Animal nature -- Philosophy
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Human-animal relationships -- Philosophy
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Logos (Philosophy)
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Philosophical anthropology.
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philosophical anthropology.
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Human-animal relationships -- Philosophy
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Logos (Philosophy)
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Philosophical anthropology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203379905 |
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020337990X |
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