Dumb beasts and dead philosophers: humanity and the humane in ancient philosophy and literature
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford
Clarendon Press
2007
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Abstract: | Animal rights do not feature explicitly in ancient thought. Indeed the notion of natural rights in general is not obviously present in the classical world. Plato and Aristotle are typically read as racist and elitist thinkers who barely recognise the humanity of their fellow humans. Surely they would be the last to show up as models of the humane view of other kinds? In this unusual philosophy book, Catherine Osborne asks the reader to think again. She shows that Plato's views on reincarnation and Aristotle's views on the souls of plants and animals reveal a continuous thread of life in which humans are not morally superior to beasts; Greek tragedy turns up thoughts that mirror the claims of rights activists when they speak for the voiceless; the Desert Fathers teach us to admire the natural perceptiveness of animals rather than the corrupt ways of urban man; the long tradition of arguments for vegetarianism in antiquity highlights how mankind's abuse of other animals is the more offensive the more it is for indulgent ends. What, then, is the humane attitude, and why is it better? How does the humane differ from the sentimental? Is there a truth about how we should treat animals? By reflecting on the work of the ancient poets and philosophers, Osborne argues, we can see when and how we lost touch with the natural intelligence of dumb animals.--Book jacket. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Umfang: | XI, 262 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780199282067 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS PART I. CONSTRUCTING DIVISIONS 1 I. INTRODUCTION: ON WILLIAM
BLAKE, NATURE, AND MORTALITY 3 2. ON NATURE AND PROVIDENCE: READINGS IN
HERODOTUS, PROTAGORAS, AND DEMOCRITUS 24 PART II. PERCEIVING
CONTINUITIES 41 3. ON THE TRANSMIGRATION OFSOULS: REINCARNATION INTO
ANIMAL BODIES IN PYTHAGORAS, EMPEDOCLES, AND PLATO 43 4. ON LANGUAGE,
CONCEPTS, AND AUTOMATA: RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL ANIMALS IN ARISTOTLE AND
DESCARTES 63 5. ON THE DISADVANTAGES OF BEING A COMPLEX ORGANISM:
ARISTOTLE AND THE SCALA NATURAE 98 PART III. BEING REALISTIC 133 6. ON
THE VICE OF SENTIMENTALITY: ANDROCLES AND THE LION AND SOME
EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES IN THE DESERT FATHERS 135 7. ON THE NOTION
OFNATURAL RIGHTS: DEFENDING THE VOICELESS AND OPPRESSED IN THE TRAGEDIES
OFSOPHOCLES 162 8. ON SELF-DEFENCE AND UTILITARIAN CALCULATIONS:
DEMOCRITUS OF ABDERA AND HERMARCHUS OF MYTILENE 197 9. ON EATING
ANIMALS: PORPHYRY S DIETARY RULES FOR PHILOSOPHERS 224 CONCLUSION 239
BIBLIOGRAPHY 243 INDEX LOCORUM 249 GENERAL INDEX 253
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