Surprise Castle
Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy

Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy - Hardcover

$214.99
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Offers & Perks

Earn 214 points with this purchase

Added to your rewards balance after checkout.

100 points welcome bonus

Create an account and start with extra points.

Join now
Availability:In StockContributor:Peter Adamson, Miira TuominenSeries:Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle EastPublish date:10/9/2025Pages:636
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004744127ISBN-10:9004744126UPC:9789004744127Book Category:PhilosophySize:9.25 x 6.10 x 1.38 inchesWeight:2.36Product ID:SCGG2E7SVH
Non-human animals are a topic of intense philosophical interest in the modern day. It is often supposed that this is a recent development, but in fact pre-modern philosophers were intensely interested in animals. Aristotle initiated a long-standing zoological tradition, but it was only part of the vast literature on animals in antiquity and the middle ages. To do it justice, this book gathers twenty-five studies of animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin philosophy. Major themes include the cognitive capacities of animals, the difference between humans and animals and the question of how humans should treat animals, as well as God's relationship towards animals, animal diet and mating, language among animals, animal suffering, animals as ethical exemplars, and reincarnation.

Contributors
Peter Adamson, Tommaso Alpina, Hanif Amin Beidokhti, Zack Candy, Sophia M. Connell, Racha el-Omari, Kosta Gligorijevic, Guy Guldentops, Rotraud Hansberger, Paloma Hernández-Rubio, Tua Korhonen, Behnam Khodapanah, Philip Line, Thornton Lockwood, Ruizhi Ma, Janne Mattila, Robert Mayhew, Michele Meroni, Bahodir Musametov, Giulio Navarra, Marilù Papandreou, Nicolas Payen, Michael Payne, Jens-Ole Schmitt, John Skalko, and Miira Tuominen.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004744127ISBN-10:9004744126UPC:9789004744127Book Category:PhilosophySize:9.25 x 6.10 x 1.38 inchesWeight:2.36Product ID:SCGG2E7SVH
Peter Adamson, Ph.D. (2000), University of Notre Dame, is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the LMU in Munich. He is the author of Al-Kindī and Al-Razī in the series "Great Medieval Thinkers" and the book series A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps.

Miira Tuominen, Ph.D. (2002), University of Helsinki, is Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Stockholm University. She has published articles, books and edited volumes mainly on Platonic-Aristotelian philosophy, including Living with Justice: A Philosophical Study of Porphyry's On Abstinence (2025).

Contributors
Peter Adamson, Tommaso Alpina, Hanif Amin Beidokhti, Zack Candy, Sophia M. Connell, Racha el-Omari, Kosta Gligorijevic, Guy Guldentops, Rotraud Hansberger, Paloma Hernández-Rubio, Tua Korhonen, Behnam Khodapanah, Philip Line, Thornton Lockwood, Ruizhi Ma, Janne Mattila, Robert Mayhew, Michele Meroni, Bahodir Musametov, Giulio Navarra, Marilù Papandreou, Nicolas Payen, Michael Payne, Jens-Ole Schmitt, John Skalko, and Miira Tuominen.
Publisher: Brill

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Eligible items may be returned within 30 days of delivery. Conditions apply.