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The animal and the human in ancient thought : the "man alone of animals" concept
- Title
- The animal and the human in ancient thought : the "man alone of animals" concept / Stephen T. Newmyer.
- Author
- Newmyer, Stephen T. (Stephen Thomas)
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
- ©2017
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- Description
- xi, 156 pages; 25 cm
- 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."--
- Series Statement
- Routledge monographs in classical studies
- Uniform Title
- Routledge monographs in classical studies.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-140) indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction -- First steps toward a "man alone of animals" concept in Greek thought -- "Man alone of animals" : three classic ancient texts -- What makes man human? The reign of Logos -- The importance of being rational : Logos and moral value -- Body image : physiology and the rise of civilization -- Animal affect : is "man alone of animals" emotional?
- Call Number
- JFE 17-1647
- ISBN
- 9780415837347
- 0415837340
- LCCN
- 2016025049
- OCLC
- 959080454
- Author
- Newmyer, Stephen T. (Stephen Thomas), author.
- Title
- The animal and the human in ancient thought : the "man alone of animals" concept / Stephen T. Newmyer.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge monographs in classical studiesRoutledge monographs in classical studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-140) indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1647