| Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 249 pages) |
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Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy |
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Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy.
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| Contents |
Gorgias : from Encomium of Helen -- Plato : from Ion, Hippias Major, Symposium, Republic, Phaedrus, Timaeus, Sophist -- Xenophon : from Memoirs of Socrates -- Aristotle : from Poetics, Politics 8 -- Philodemus : from On poems 5, On music -- Cicero : from On rhetorical invention, On the ideal orator, Orator, On moral ends, On the nature of the Gods, Tusculan disputations, On duties -- Seneca : from Letters to Lucilius, On the award and reception of favours -- Longinus : from On sublimity -- Philostratus : from Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Pictures preface -- Philostratus the Younger : from Pictures preface -- Aristides Quintilianus : from On music -- Plotinus : from Enneads -- Augustine : from On order, On music, On true religion, On free choice of the will, Confessions, On the Trinity -- Proclus : from Commentary on the Timaeus, Commentary on the Republic -- From Anonymous prolegomena to the philosophy of Plato |
| Summary |
"This anthology of philosophical texts by Greek and Roman authors brings together works from the late fifth century BC to the sixth century AD that comment on major aesthetic issues such as the perception of beauty and harmony in music and the visual arts, structure and style in literature, and aesthetic judgement. It includes important texts by Plato and Aristotle on the status and the role of the arts in society and in education, and Longinus' reflections on the sublime in literature, in addition to less well-known writings by Philodemus, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, Augustine and Proclus. Most of the texts have been newly translated for this volume, and some are available in English for the first time. A detailed introduction traces the development of classical aesthetics from its roots in Platonism and Aristotelianism to its ultimate form in late Antiquity"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aesthetics, Ancient.
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Arts -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
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Aesthetics, Ancient
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Arts -- Philosophy
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Philosophy, Ancient
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Ästhetik
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esthétique -- 5e s. av. J.-C. (fin) -- 6e s. -- anthologie.
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esthétique -- Antiquité -- anthologie.
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Griechenland Altertum
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Römisches Reich
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bychkov, Oleg V.
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Sheppard, Anne D. R.
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| ISBN |
9780511932519 |
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0511932510 |
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9780511780325 |
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051178032X |
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1282908138 |
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9781282908130 |
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