Primitivism and Related Ideas in Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Arthur Oncken Lovejoy was an American philosopher and intellectual historian. He is known for founding the discipline of the history of ideas by publishing its flagship text, The Great Chain of Being . Born in 1891 in Providence, Rhode Island, George Boas taught for many years at Johns Hopkins and was editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas from 1945 until his death in 1980. He authored 24 books, including The Major Traditions of English Philosophy , The Greek Tradition: A Symposium , Rationalism in Greek Philosophy , The Limits of Reason , and The History of Ideas: An Introduction . Klappentext A documentary and analytical record, the book presents the classical background of primitivism and anti-primitivism in modern literature, historiography, and social and moral philosophy, and comprises chapters that center around particular ancient concepts and authors, including cynicism, stoicism, epicureanism, Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, and Cicero.

Product details

• Authors: William F. Albright, George Boas, Arthur Lovejoy, Arthur O. Lovejoy
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.1997
• EAN: 9780801856112
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5611-2
• No. of pages: 500
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology