Monstrosity and philosophy : radical otherness in Greek and Latin culture /
Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons. Monsters abounded in ancient culture. They raise enduring philosophical questions, about chaos and order, about divinity and perversion, about meaning and purpose and about the hierarchy of nature or its absence. Del Lucchese grapples wi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons. Monsters abounded in ancient culture. They raise enduring philosophical questions, about chaos and order, about divinity and perversion, about meaning and purpose and 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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| Physical Description: | iv, 426 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [326]-393) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781474456203 1474456200 |