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Dumb beasts and dead philosophers : humanity and the humane in ancient philosophy and literature /

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This unusual philosophy book asks the reader to reconsider the received view that animal rights have no place in ancient thought. Catherine Osborne argues that by reflecting on the work of the ancient philosophers and poets, we can see when and how we lost touch with the natural intelligence of dumb...

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Main Author: Rowett, Catherine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Animal welfare > Philosophy > History.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Animals in literature.
Literature, Ancient > History and criticism.
Animals and civilization.
Philosophie ancienne.
Animaux dans la littérature.
Littérature ancienne > Histoire et critique.
Animaux et civilisation.
NATURE > Animal Rights.
Animal welfare > Philosophy
Animals and civilization
Animals in literature
Literature, Ancient
Philosophy, Ancient
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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