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Author:   Catherine Osborne (University of East Anglia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780199568277

ISBN 10:   0199568278
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   28 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One: Constructing Divisions 1: Introduction: on William Blake, nature and mortality 2: On nature and providence: readings in Herodotus, Protagoras and Democritus Part Two: Perceiving Continuities 3: On the transmigration of souls: reincarnation into animal bodies in Pythagoras, Empedocles and Plato 4: On language, concepts and automata: rational and irrational animals in Aristotle and Descartes 5: On the disadvantages of being a complex organism: Aristotle and the scala naturae Part Three: Being Realistic 6: On the vice of sentimentality: Androcles and the Lion and some extraordinary adventures in the Desert Fathers 7: On the notion of natural rights: defending the voiceless and oppressed in the Tragedies of Sophocles 8: On self-defence and utilitarian calculations: Democritus of Abdera and Hermarchus of Mytilene 9: On eating animals: Porphyry's dietary rules for philosophers Conclusion

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This is an insightful book, which is both gracefully written and occasionally combative, is distinguished by its use of a richly varied set of ancient sources on human-animal relationships. Alice Crary, Philosophical Investigations

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Catherine Osborne is Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia.

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