Aristotle's Anthropology

Herausgeber: Keil, Geert; Kreft, Nora

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first collection of essays on Aristotle's philosophy of human nature, covering the metaphysical, biological and ethical works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9781107192690
• ISBN-10: 1107192692
• Artikelnr.: 54331268

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Aristotle's anthropology Geert Keil and Nora Kreft; Part I.
Human Beings as Rational Animals: 1. Aristotle on the definition of what it
is to be human Christian Kietzmann; 2. Speech and the rational soul Ian C.
McCready-Flora; 3. Aristotle's peculiarly human psychology Elena Cagnoli
Fiecconi; 4. The planetary nature of mankind: a cosmological perspective on
Aristotle's anthropology Christof Rapp; Part II. Human Nature in the Light
of Aristotle's Biology: 5. Is reason natural? Aristotle's zoology of
rational animals James G. Lennox; 6. Spot the differences! The hidden
philosophical anthropology in Aristotle's biological writings Jörn Müller;
7. Aristotle on the anthropological difference and animal minds Hans-Johann
Glock; Part III. Aristotle's Moral Anthropology: 8. Why human virtue is the
measure of all virtue Kathi Beier; 9. Aristotle on friendship and being
human Nora Kreft; 10. Aristotle on the possibility of moral perfection
Christoph Horn; Part IV. Aristotle's Political Anthropology: 11. Political
animals and human nature in Aristotle's politics Joseph Karbowski; 12.
Political animals and the genealogy of the polis: Aristotle's politics and
Plato's statesman David J. Depew; 13. The deficiency of human nature: the
task of a 'philosophy of human affairs' Dorothea Frede.