Sue Blundell

The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought (Routledge Revivals)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought, first published in1986, comprehensively examines to what extent thinkers in Greek and Roman antiquity adhered to ideas of evolution and progress in human affairs. . Beginning with creation myths Professor Blundell goes on to explore the origins of scientific speculation among the Pre-Socratics, its development into the teleological science of Aristotle, and the advent of the progressivist views of the Stoics. Attention is also given to the 'primitivist' debate, involving ideas about the noble savage and reflections of such speculation in poetry, and finally the relationship between nature and culture in ancient thought is investigated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780415748216
• ISBN-10: 0415748216
• Artikelnr.: 42788643

Autorenporträt

Sue Blundell

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part I: The Origins of the Human Race 1. Mythological explanations
2. The theories of the Presocratic philosophers 3. Later theories 4.
Evolution and the survival of the fittest Part II: Patterns of Cultural
History 5. Values and Cycles 6. Golden Age Theories 7. Theories of progress
8. Hard primitivism and the noble savage; Conclusion; Select Bibliography;
Index