02984oam 2200529I 450 991015459490332120230809233617.01-135-04284-50-203-37990-X1-135-04285-310.4324/9780203379905 (CKB)4340000000019364(MiAaPQ)EBC4756253(OCoLC)967741176(EXLCZ)99434000000001936420180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe animal and the human in ancient and modern thought the "man alone of animals" concept /Stephen T. NewmyerAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (169 pages)Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies0-415-83734-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. First steps toward a "man alone of animals" concept in Greek thought -- 3. "Man alone of animals" : three classic ancient texts -- 4. What makes humans human? The reign of Logos -- 5. The importance of being rational : Logos and moral value -- 6. Body image : physiology and the rise of civilization -- 7. Animal affect : is "man alone of animals" emotional?."This is the first book-length study of the "man alone of animals" topos in classical literature, not restricting its analysis to Greco-Roman claims of man's intellectual uniqueness, but including classical assertions of man's physiological and emotional uniqueness. It supplements this analysis of ancient manifestations with an examination of how the commonplace survives and has been restated, transformed, and extended in contemporary ethological literature and in the literature of the animal rights and animal welfare movements. Author Stephen T. Newmyer demonstrates that the anthropocentrism detected in Greek applications of the "man alone of animals" topos is not only alive and well in many facets of the current debate on human-animal relations, but that combating its negative effects is a stated aim of some modern philosophers and activists."--Provided by publisher.Routledge monographs in classical studies.Human beingsAnimal naturePhilosophyHuman-animal relationshipsPhilosophyLogos (Philosophy)Philosophical anthropologyHuman beingsAnimal naturePhilosophy.Human-animal relationshipsPhilosophy.Logos (Philosophy)Philosophical anthropology.599.901Newmyer Stephen T(Stephen Thomas),183677MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154594903321The animal and the human in ancient and modern thought2141052UNINA