Автор: Midgley, Mary Название: The Myths We Live By ISBN: 0415340772 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415340779 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Цена: 6123.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Plato Название: Selected Myths ISBN: 019955255X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199552559 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1424.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 'Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist.' We are used to thinking of myths as stories, and modern myths as made up and
fictitious. For the ancient Greeks, however, a myth was a story that unveiled reality, and for Plato, myth-maker as well as myth-teller, a myth could tell us something important about
ourselves and our world. The ultimate purpose of Plato's myths is to help us live a better life, and to teach philosophical truths in a form we can most easily understand.
This
volume brings together ten of the most celebrated Platonic myths, from eight of Plato's dialogues ranging from the early Protagoras and Gorgias to the late Timaeus and Critias. They
include the famous myth of the cave from Republic as well as 'The Judgement of Souls' and 'The Birth of Love'. Each myth is a self-contained story, prefaced by a short explanatory
note, while the introduction considers Plato's use of myth
and imagery.
These myths are thought-provoking and profound, and together they provide an ideal introduction to Plato's philosophy.
Описание: With an emphasis on exploring measurable aspects of ancient narratives, Maths Meets Myths sets out to investigate age-old material with new techniques. This book collects, for the first time, novel quantitative approaches to studying sources from the past, such as chronicles, epics, folktales, and myths. It contributes significantly to recent efforts in bringing together natural scientists and humanities scholars in investigations aimed at achieving greater understanding of our cultural inheritance.Accordingly, each contribution reports on a modern quantitative approach applicable to narrative sources from the past, or describes those which would be amenable to such treatment and why they are important.This volume is a unique state-of-the-art compendium on an emerging research field which also addresses anyone with interests in quantitative approaches to humanities.
Название: Plato`s myths ISBN: 0521887909 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521887908 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Plato seasons his philosophical dialogues with self-contained, fantastical narratives that we usually label his `myths`. This volume focuses on the ways in which a number of Plato`s most famous myths are interwoven with his philosophy. It also contains seventeen rare Renaissance illustrations of Platonic myths.
Автор: Partenie Название: Plato`s Myths ISBN: 110740407X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107404076 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Plato seasons his philosophical dialogues with self-contained, fantastical narratives that we usually label his `myths`. This volume focuses on the ways in which a number of Plato`s most famous myths are interwoven with his philosophy. It also contains seventeen rare Renaissance illustrations of Platonic myths.
Название: The World We Live In ISBN: 3319428535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319428536 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book contains twelve engaging philosophical lectures given by Alexandru Dragomir, most of them given during Romania’s Communist regime. The lectures deal with a diverse range of topics, such as the function of the question, self-deception, banalities with a metaphysical dimension, and how the world we live in has been shaped by the intellect. Among the thinkers discussed in these lectures are Anaxagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Nietzsche. Alexandru Dragomir was a Romanian philosopher born in 1916. After studying law and philosophy at the University of Bucharest (1933–1939), he left Romania to study for a doctorate in philosophy in Freiburg, Germany, under Martin Heidegger. He stayed in Freiburg for two years (1941–1943), but before defending his dissertation he was called back to Romania for military service and sent to the front. After 1948, historical circumstances forced him to become a clandestine philosopher: he was known only within a very limited circle. He died in 2002 without ever publishing anything. It was only after his death that Dragomir's notebooks came to light. His work has been published posthumously in five volumes by Humanitas, Bucharest; the present volume is the first to appear in English translation. In 2009, the Alexandru Dragomir Institute for Philosophy was founded in Bucharest as an independent research institute under the auspices of the Romanian Society for Phenomenology.
