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Autore |
Kenny Anthony <1931-> |
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Titolo |
From Empedocles to Wittgenstein : historical essays in philosophy / / Anthony Kenny |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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1-383-04554-2 |
1-281-82583-2 |
9786611825836 |
0-19-156411-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy - History |
Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Formerly CIP. |
Previously issued in print: 2008. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Seven Concepts of Creation; 2. Life after Etna: Empedocles in Prose and Poetry; 3. Virtue and the Good in Plato and Aristotle; 4. Aristotle's Criteria for Happiness; 5. Practical Truth in Aristotle; 6. Aristotle's Categories in the Latin Fathers; 7. Essence and Existence: Aquinas and Islamic Philosophy; 8. Aquinas on the Beginning of Individual Human Life; 9. Thomas and Thomism; 10. Aquinas in America; 11. 'Philosophy states only what everyone admits'; 12. Cognitive Scientism; 13. The Wittgenstein Editions; 14. Knowledge, Belief, and Faith |
15. The Unity of Knowledge and the Diversity of BeliefBibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sir Anthony Kenny presents a selection of his historical essays in philosophy. In the main they are concerned with four of the great philosophers whom he most esteems, namely Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Wittgenstein. |
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