1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792277903321

Autore

Simplicius, of Cilicia

Titolo

On Aristotle Physics 8.1-5 / Simplicius ; translated by István Bodnár, Michael Chase and Michael Share

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Bristol Classical Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4725-5238-5

1-4725-0179-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Classificazione

530.092

Disciplina

114

Soggetti

Science, Ancient

Physics

Motion - Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Paperback edition first published 2014"--T. p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Textual Emendations -- Translation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

"In this commentary on Aristotle Physics book eight, chapters one to five, the sixth-century philosopher Simplicius quotes and explains important fragments of the Presocratic philosophers, provides the fragments of his Christian opponent Philoponus' Against Aristotle On the Eternity of the World, and makes extensive use of the lost commentary of Aristotle's leading defender, Alexander of Aphrodisias."--Bloomsbury Publishing

In this commentary on Aristotle Physics book eight, chapters one to five, the sixth-century philosopher Simplicius quotes and explains important fragments of the Presocratic philosophers, provides the fragments of his Christian opponent Philoponus' Against Aristotle On the Eternity of the World, and makes extensive use of the lost commentary of Aristotle's leading defender, Alexander of Aphrodisias. This volume contains an English translation of Simplicius' important commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, explanatory notes and a bibliography.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910860892603321

Autore

Ben-Shai Roy

Titolo

Critique of critique / / Roy Ben-Shai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin : , : Stanford University Press, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

1-5036-3383-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages)

Collana

Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities

Disciplina

142

Soggetti

Critical thinking

Criticism (Philosophy)

LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Critique as Orientation -- Overture: Basic Elements of Critique -- Part 1 Aporias of Critique -- One. Critique of the Spectacle or the Spectacle of Critique -- Two. Critique of Power or the Power of Critique -- Three. Critique of Injustice or the Injustice of Critique -- Four. Critique of External Authority or the External Authority of Critique -- Part 2 Architectonics of Critique -- Five. Moral Ontologies of Critique -- Six. Political Ontologies of Critique -- Seven. Topologies of Critique -- Eight. Chronologies of Critique -- Conclusion. Critique and Its Betrayals -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is critique? How is it used and abused? At a moment when popular discourse is saturated with voices confronting each other about not being critical enough, while academic discourses proclaim to have moved past critique, this provocative book reawakens the foundational question of what 'critique' is in the first place. Roy Ben-Shai inspects critique as an orientation of critical thinking, probing its structures and assumptions, its limits and its risks, its history and its possibilities. The book is a journey through a landscape of ideas, images, and texts from diverse sources—theological, psychological, etymological, and artistic, but mainly across the history of philosophy, from Plato and Saint Augustine, through Kant and Hegel, Marx and Heidegger, up to



contemporary critical theory. Along the way, Ben-Shai invites the reader to examine their own orientation of thought, even at the moment of reading the book; to question popular discourse; and to revisit the philosophical canon, revealing affinities among often antagonistic traditions, such as Catholicism and Marxism. Most importantly, Critique of Critique sets the ground for an examination of alternative orientations of critical thinking, other ways of inhabiting and grasping the world.