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Horos : ancient boundaries and the ecology of stone
In Horos, Thea Potter explores the complex relationship between classical philosophy and the 'horos', a stone that Athenians erected to mark the boundaries of their marketplace, their gravestones, their roads and their private property. Potter weaves this history into a meditation on the ancient philosophical concept of horos, the foundational project of determination and definition, arguing th…
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- 9781800642683
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- xxxiii, 311p.
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- B188 POT h
Space in Hellenistic Philosophy : Critical Studies in Ancient Physics
The volume discusses the notion of space by focusing on the most representative exponents of the Hellenistic schools and explores the role played by spatial concepts in both coeval and later authors who, without specifically thematising these concepts, made use of them in a theoretically original way. Renowned scholars investigate the philosophical significance and bring to light the problemati…
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- 9783110365856
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- XII, 224 p.
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- 114.0938 HEL s
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