Creationism and its critics in antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / David Sedley |
Autore | Sedley D. N |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
Disciplina | 213 |
Collana |
Sather classical lectures
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico |
Intelligent design (Teleology)
Philosophy, Ancient |
Soggetto non controllato |
accident
anaxagoras ancient greek ancient rome anti creationist antiquity aristotle classical antiquity classical world controversial controversy cosmos creationism creationist disagreement divine empedocles famous philosopher great thinkers historical intelligent design philosopher philosophy plato scientific socrates stoics teleology theology theory western philosophy western science |
ISBN |
1-282-35938-X
9786612359385 0-520-93436-9 |
Classificazione | 08.21 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Preface -- ; [ch]. 1. Anaxagoras -- ; 1. The presocratic agenda -- ; 2. Anaxagoras's cosmology -- ; 3. The power of nous -- ; 4. Sun and Moon -- ; 5. Worlds and seeds -- ; 6. Nous as creator -- ; 7. Scientific creationism -- Appendix : Anazagoras's theory of matter -- ; [ch]. 2. Empedocles -- ; 1. The cosmic cycle -- ; 2. The double zoogony -- ; 3. Creationist discourse -- ; 4. Design and accident -- Appendix 1 : The double zoogony revisited -- Appendix 2 : The chronology of the cycle -- Appendix 3 : Where in the cycle are we? -- Appendix 4 : Lucretian testimony for Empedocles' zoogony -- ; [ch]. 3. Socrates -- ; 1. 1. Diogenes of Apollonia -- ; 2. Socrates in Xenophon -- ; 3. Socrates in Plato's Phaedo -- ; 4. A historical synthesis -- ; [ch]. 4. Plato -- ; 1. The Phaedo myth -- ; 2. Introducing the Timaeus -- ; 3. An act of creation? -- ; 4. Divine craftsmanship -- ; 5. Is the world perfect? -- ; 6. The origin of species -- ; [ch]. 5. The atomists -- ; 1. Democritus -- ; 2. The Epicurean critique of creationism -- ; 3. The Epicurean alternative to creationism -- ; 4. Epicurean infinity -- ; [ch]. 6. Aristotle -- ; 1. God as paradigm -- ; 2. The craft analogy -- ; 3. Necessity -- ; 4. Fortuitous outcomes -- ; 5. Cosmic teleology -- ; 6. Aristotle's Platonism -- ; [ch]. 7. The stoics -- ; 1. Stoicism -- ; 2. A window on stoic theology -- ; 3. Appropriating Socrates -- ; 4. Appropriating Plato -- ; 5. Whose benefit? -- Epilogue : A Galenic perspective -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778594203321 |
Sedley D. N | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creationism and its critics in antiquity / / David Sedley |
Autore | Sedley D. N |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
Disciplina | 213 |
Collana |
Sather classical lectures
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico |
Intelligent design (Teleology)
Philosophy, Ancient |
Soggetto non controllato |
accident
anaxagoras ancient greek ancient rome anti creationist antiquity aristotle classical antiquity classical world controversial controversy cosmos creationism creationist disagreement divine empedocles famous philosopher great thinkers historical intelligent design philosopher philosophy plato scientific socrates stoics teleology theology theory western philosophy western science |
ISBN |
1-282-35938-X
9786612359385 0-520-93436-9 |
Classificazione | 08.21 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Preface -- ; [ch]. 1. Anaxagoras -- ; 1. The presocratic agenda -- ; 2. Anaxagoras's cosmology -- ; 3. The power of nous -- ; 4. Sun and Moon -- ; 5. Worlds and seeds -- ; 6. Nous as creator -- ; 7. Scientific creationism -- Appendix : Anazagoras's theory of matter -- ; [ch]. 2. Empedocles -- ; 1. The cosmic cycle -- ; 2. The double zoogony -- ; 3. Creationist discourse -- ; 4. Design and accident -- Appendix 1 : The double zoogony revisited -- Appendix 2 : The chronology of the cycle -- Appendix 3 : Where in the cycle are we? -- Appendix 4 : Lucretian testimony for Empedocles' zoogony -- ; [ch]. 3. Socrates -- ; 1. 1. Diogenes of Apollonia -- ; 2. Socrates in Xenophon -- ; 3. Socrates in Plato's Phaedo -- ; 4. A historical synthesis -- ; [ch]. 4. Plato -- ; 1. The Phaedo myth -- ; 2. Introducing the Timaeus -- ; 3. An act of creation? -- ; 4. Divine craftsmanship -- ; 5. Is the world perfect? -- ; 6. The origin of species -- ; [ch]. 5. The atomists -- ; 1. Democritus -- ; 2. The Epicurean critique of creationism -- ; 3. The Epicurean alternative to creationism -- ; 4. Epicurean infinity -- ; [ch]. 6. Aristotle -- ; 1. God as paradigm -- ; 2. The craft analogy -- ; 3. Necessity -- ; 4. Fortuitous outcomes -- ; 5. Cosmic teleology -- ; 6. Aristotle's Platonism -- ; [ch]. 7. The stoics -- ; 1. Stoicism -- ; 2. A window on stoic theology -- ; 3. Appropriating Socrates -- ; 4. Appropriating Plato -- ; 5. Whose benefit? -- Epilogue : A Galenic perspective -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807282203321 |
Sedley D. N | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The importance of being civil [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for political decency / / John A. Hall |
Autore | Hall John A. <1949-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.3/72 |
Soggetto topico |
Social ethics
Civil society |
Soggetto non controllato |
Adam Smith
Adolf Hitler Europe European Union Iranian communism Jesuit communist communities Karl Marx Raymond Aron United States authenticity authoritarianism autonomy capitalism civil behavior civil nationalism civil political culture civil society civility commercial society communism comparative advantage conflict cooperative relations democracy difference disagreement disenchantment diversity division of labor economic growth economic success economic theory heterogeneity homogeneity human personality immigrants imperialism individuation industrial relations international relations international tensions international trade rivalries military independence modern intellectuals modern science modern world modernist ideas moral development nationalism negative resisting power normal societal relations personal authenticity political civility political elites political theory positive sum game premodern communism prudence realism religious charisma revolution social actors social conditions social contracts social identities social life socialism societal experimentation societal self-organization state behavior states status competition sufficiencies trust virtue visions war warring groups working classes |
ISBN |
1-299-44950-6
1-4008-4749-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: A Composite Definition -- Chapter 1. Agreeing to Differ -- Chapter 2. Sympathy and Deception -- Chapter 3. How Best to Rule -- Chapter 4. Entry and Exit -- Chapter 5. Intelligence in States -- Part Two: Enemies -- Chapter 6. Down with Authenticity -- Chapter 7. The Disenchantment of the Intellectuals -- Chapter 8. The Problem with Communism -- Chapter 9. The Destruction of Trust -- Chapter 10. Imperialism, the Perversion of Nationalism -- Conclusion -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779571503321 |
Hall John A. <1949-> | ||
Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Liberating judgment [[electronic resource] ] : fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability / / Douglas John Casson |
Autore | Casson Douglas |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (580 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy - History - 17th century
Judgment (Logic) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Counter-Reformation
England Filmerian certainty First Treatise God Great Recoinage John Locke Michel Montaigne Parliament Pierre Charron Reformation Ren Descartes Robert Boyle Robert Filmer Scripture Second Treatise Thomas Hobbes Treasury William of Ockham absolutism abstract speculation apodictic science authority certainty civic education civic judgment contemporary liberal theory demonstration disagreement divine certainty epistemology freedom human faculties intrinsick value judgment justification liberal democracy liberty monetary standard natural signs new probability opinio philosophical investigations political order political power political vocabulary polity practical rationality probability probable judgment probable judgments public judgment public justification reasonableness scientia self-expression self-governance self-government self-transcendence state of nature theory of government wise men |
ISBN |
1-282-97915-9
9786612979156 1-4008-3688-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Great Recoinage -- I. Unsettling Judgment. Knowledge, Belief, and the Crisis of Authority -- II. Abandoning Judgment: Montaignian Skeptics and Cartesian Fanatics -- III Reworking Reasonableness. The Authoritative Testimony of Nature -- IV. Forming Judgment: The Transformation of Knowledge and Belief -- V. Liberating Judgment: Freedom, Happiness, and the Reasonable Self -- VI. Enacting Judgment: Dismantling the Divine Certainty of Sir Robert Filmer -- VII. Authorizing Judgment: Consensual Government and the Politics of Probability -- Conclusion. The Great Recoinage Revisited -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458212303321 |
Casson Douglas | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Liberating judgment [[electronic resource] ] : fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability / / Douglas John Casson |
Autore | Casson Douglas |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (580 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy - History - 17th century
Judgment (Logic) |
Soggetto non controllato |
Counter-Reformation
England Filmerian certainty First Treatise God Great Recoinage John Locke Michel Montaigne Parliament Pierre Charron Reformation Ren Descartes Robert Boyle Robert Filmer Scripture Second Treatise Thomas Hobbes Treasury William of Ockham absolutism abstract speculation apodictic science authority certainty civic education civic judgment contemporary liberal theory demonstration disagreement divine certainty epistemology freedom human faculties intrinsick value judgment justification liberal democracy liberty monetary standard natural signs new probability opinio philosophical investigations political order political power political vocabulary polity practical rationality probability probable judgment probable judgments public judgment public justification reasonableness scientia self-expression self-governance self-government self-transcendence state of nature theory of government wise men |
ISBN |
1-282-97915-9
9786612979156 1-4008-3688-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Great Recoinage -- I. Unsettling Judgment. Knowledge, Belief, and the Crisis of Authority -- II. Abandoning Judgment: Montaignian Skeptics and Cartesian Fanatics -- III Reworking Reasonableness. The Authoritative Testimony of Nature -- IV. Forming Judgment: The Transformation of Knowledge and Belief -- V. Liberating Judgment: Freedom, Happiness, and the Reasonable Self -- VI. Enacting Judgment: Dismantling the Divine Certainty of Sir Robert Filmer -- VII. Authorizing Judgment: Consensual Government and the Politics of Probability -- Conclusion. The Great Recoinage Revisited -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791567303321 |
Casson Douglas | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Liberating judgment : fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability / / Douglas John Casson |
Autore | Casson Douglas |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (580 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy - History - 17th century
Judgment (Logic) |
Soggetto non controllato |
Counter-Reformation
England Filmerian certainty First Treatise God Great Recoinage John Locke Michel Montaigne Parliament Pierre Charron Reformation Ren Descartes Robert Boyle Robert Filmer Scripture Second Treatise Thomas Hobbes Treasury William of Ockham absolutism abstract speculation apodictic science authority certainty civic education civic judgment contemporary liberal theory demonstration disagreement divine certainty epistemology freedom human faculties intrinsick value judgment justification liberal democracy liberty monetary standard natural signs new probability opinio philosophical investigations political order political power political vocabulary polity practical rationality probability probable judgment probable judgments public judgment public justification reasonableness scientia self-expression self-governance self-government self-transcendence state of nature theory of government wise men |
ISBN |
1-282-97915-9
9786612979156 1-4008-3688-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Great Recoinage -- I. Unsettling Judgment. Knowledge, Belief, and the Crisis of Authority -- II. Abandoning Judgment: Montaignian Skeptics and Cartesian Fanatics -- III Reworking Reasonableness. The Authoritative Testimony of Nature -- IV. Forming Judgment: The Transformation of Knowledge and Belief -- V. Liberating Judgment: Freedom, Happiness, and the Reasonable Self -- VI. Enacting Judgment: Dismantling the Divine Certainty of Sir Robert Filmer -- VII. Authorizing Judgment: Consensual Government and the Politics of Probability -- Conclusion. The Great Recoinage Revisited -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814744303321 |
Casson Douglas | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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