LEADER 02984oam 2200529I 450 001 9910154594903321 005 20230809233617.0 010 $a1-135-04284-5 010 $a0-203-37990-X 010 $a1-135-04285-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203379905 035 $a(CKB)4340000000019364 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4756253 035 $a(OCoLC)967741176 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000019364 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe animal and the human in ancient and modern thought $ethe "man alone of animals" concept /$fStephen T. Newmyer 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (169 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Monographs in Classical Studies 311 $a0-415-83734-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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?. 330 $a"This is the first book-length study of the "man alone of animals" topos in classical literature, not restricting its analysis to Greco-Roman claims of man's intellectual uniqueness, but including classical assertions of man's physiological and emotional uniqueness. It supplements this analysis of ancient manifestations with an examination of how the commonplace survives and has been restated, transformed, and extended in contemporary ethological literature and in the literature of the animal rights and animal welfare movements. Author Stephen T. Newmyer demonstrates that the anthropocentrism detected in Greek applications of the "man alone of animals" topos is not only alive and well in many facets of the current debate on human-animal relations, but that combating its negative effects is a stated aim of some modern philosophers and activists."--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge monographs in classical studies. 606 $aHuman beings$xAnimal nature$xPhilosophy 606 $aHuman-animal relationships$xPhilosophy 606 $aLogos (Philosophy) 606 $aPhilosophical anthropology 615 0$aHuman beings$xAnimal nature$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLogos (Philosophy) 615 0$aPhilosophical anthropology. 676 $a599.901 700 $aNewmyer$b Stephen T$g(Stephen Thomas),$0183677 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154594903321 996 $aThe animal and the human in ancient and modern thought$92141052 997 $aUNINA