Philosophy in ancient Rome : a loss of wings / by Charles Vergeer ; translated by Elizabeth Harding and Rens Zomerdijk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vergeer, Charles, author.

Contributor:

Harding, Elizabeth, translator.

Zomerdijk, Rens, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Rome--Intellectual life.

Rome.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 248 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

This book describes the philosophy of ancient Rome in an original, convincing and, at the same time, captivating manner. Roman philosophy is both a continuation of Greek philosophy and a substantially different way of thinking. The predominant examples dealt with in this book are language and time. Emphasis is laid upon the interweaving of philosophy and religion.The principal figures here are Cicero and the Greek philosopher Plotinus; the rise of Christianity is shown against the background of the philosophy of those days.

Contents:

Introduction : archaic tombstone

I. The awakening of thought

II. Lucretius

III. Cicero

IV. The rise of Christianity

V. The approach of death

VI. Development of Christianity

VII. Plotinus.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-2354-3

OCLC:

1183030371