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Anton Wilhelm Amo's philosophical dissertations on mind and body /

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"Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 - after 1752) is the first modern African philosopher to study and teach in a European university and write in the European philosophical tradition. We give an extensive historical and philosophical introduction to Amo's life and work, and provide Latin texts, w...

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Other Authors: Menn, Stephen Philip, 1964- (Editor, Translator), Smith-Ruiu, Justin (Editor, Translator), Amo, Anton Wilhelm, approximately 1700-approximately 1754
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Amo, Anton Wilhelm, > approximately 1700-approximately 1754.
Amo, Anton Wilhelm, > approximately 1700-approximately 1754
Philosophy, Ghanaian.
Philosophie ghanéenne.
Humanism.
Movements.
PHILOSOPHY.
Modern.
History & Surveys.
Philosophy, Ghanaian
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Life of Anton Wilhelm Amo p. 4
  • 2 The History of Amo Reception p. 39
  • 3 The Political and Intellectual Context at Halle and Wittenberg p. 51
  • 4 On Dissertations and Disputations, and Amo's Two Dissertations p. 60
  • 5 Ancient and Modern Debates on Action and Passion and on Sensation p. 88
  • 6 The Argument of the Impassivity and the Distinct Idea p. 101
  • II Note on the Text and Translation of Amo's Dissertations p. 148
  • III Inaugural Dissertation on the Impassivity of the Human Mind (1734) (Latin and English) p. 153
  • IV Philosophical Disputation Containing a Distinct Idea of Those Things That Pertain Either to the Mind or to Our Living and Organic Body (1734) (Latin and English) p. 199.