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

• Superior document: Edinburgh scholarship online
• VerfasserIn: Del Lucchese, Filippo, 1969-
• 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.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1 The Myth and the Logos --; 2 The Pre-Platonic Philosophers --; 3 Plato --; 4 Aristotle --; 5 Epicurus and Lucretius --; 6 Stoicism --; 7 Scepticism --; 8 Middle and Neoplatonism --; Bibliography --; Index Locorum --; Index Verborum --; Index Rerum --; Index Nominum
• Audience: Specialized.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1474476937; 1474456235
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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 nature and in thought.