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oapen-20.500.12657-441352021-01-25T13:50:51Z Monstrosity and Philosophy Del Lucchese, Filippo Philosophy History & Surveys Ancient & Classical bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPC History of Western philosophy::HPCA Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in the ancient world. 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. 2020-12-15T14:27:09Z 2020-12-15T14:27:09Z 2019 book 9781474456234 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/44135 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press 104031 2a191404-86cd-479e-afc8-ff2b8d611a94 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781474456234 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Edinburgh University Press Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in the ancient world. 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.
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