Monstrosity and philosophy : : radical otherness in Greek and Latin culture / / Filippo Del Lucchese.

Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in the ancient world. Del Lucchese grapples with the concept of monstrosity, showing how ancient philosophers explored metaphysics, ontology, theology and politics to respond to the challenge of radical otherness in nat...

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Superior document:Edinburgh scholarship online
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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2019
2020
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh scholarship online.
Physical Description:1 online resource (iv, 426 pages)
Notes:Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
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