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Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus
Why did human beings first begin to write history? Lisa Irene Hau argues that a driving force among Greek historians was the desire to use the past to teach lessons about the present and for the future. She uncovers the moral messages of the ancient Greek writers of history and the techniques they used to bring them across. Hau also shows how moral didacticism was an integral part of the writin…
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- 9781474411073
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- VIII, 312 p.
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- 170.938 HAU m
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
Introduction to a Future Way of Thought on Marx and Heidegger
"Technologists only change the world in various ways in generalized indifference; the point is to think the world and interpret the changes in its unfathomability, to perceive and experience the difference binding being to the nothing." Anticipating the age of planetary technology Kostas Axelos, a Greek-French philosopher, approaches the technological question in this book, first published in 1…
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- 9783957960054
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- 183p.
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- 193 INT i
Perception in Aristotle’s Ethics
Rabinoff strives to account for ethical perception (aisthesis) in Aristotle’s ethics—to give it a place of importance in ethical choice and action—and to offer an account of the faculty of perception expansive enough to include reception of the ethical significance of particulars. The book is motivated by particular features of Aristotle’s thought and by increasing philosophical awarene…
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- 9780810136434
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- IX, 196 p.
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- Rereading Ancient Philosophy
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- 171.3 RAB p
Between psychology and philosophy : east-west themes and beyond
This open access book discusses a variety of important but unprecedented ways in which psychology can be useful to philosophy. The early chapters illustrate this theme via comparisons between Chinese and Western philosophy. It is argued that the Chinese notion of a heart-mind is superior to the Western concept of mind, but then, more even-handedly, the relative strengths and weaknesses of Chine…
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- 9783030225032
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- x, 215p. : ill.
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- 101 SLO b
Motor skills and their foundational role for perceptual, social, and cognitiv…
Motor skills are a vital part of healthy development and are featured prominently both in physical examinations and in parents’ baby diaries. It has been known for a long time that motor development is critical for children’s understanding of the physical and social world. Learning occurs through dynamic interactions and exchanges with the physical and the social world, and consequently mov…
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- 9782889451593
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- 293 p.; 22 cm
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- Frontiers Research Topics
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- 155.4 LIB m
Epistemology and transformation of knowledge in global age
This book consists of seven chapters containing multiple questions of the global socially epistemological situation in science and higher education. Despite the progress of techno-sciences, we are facing blind flaws in leading systems of knowledge and perception. The global era, in a paradox way, connects the new knowledge of economics, postpolitics, postdemocracy, and biopolitical regulation o…
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- 9789535133872
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- 148 p.; 22 cm.
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- 100 EPI e
Modes of philology in medieval South India
In Modes of Philology in Medieval South India, Whitney Cox rethinks the textual practices of a diverse collection of scholars and poets writing in Sanskrit, Tamil, and Prakrit in far southern India between the 11th and the 14th centuries CE.
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- 9789004331679
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- 208 p.; 22 cm.
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- Philological Encounters Monographs; Vol. 1
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- 100 COX m
Digital classical philology
This book describes the state of the art of digital philology with a focus on ancient Greek and Latin. It addresses problems such as accessibility of information about Greek and Latin sources, data entry, collection and analysis of Classical texts and describes the fundamental role of libraries in building digital catalogs and developing machine-readable citation systems.
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- 9783110596786
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- 362 p.; 22 cm.
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- Age of Access? Grundfragen der Informationsgesellschaft ; Vol. 10
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- 100 BER d
Affect and mathematics education: fresh perspectives on motivation, engagemen…
This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 topic study group “Affect, beliefs and identity in mathematics education”, presents the latest trends in research in the area. Following an introduction and a survey chapter providing a concise overview of the state-of-art in the field of mathematics-related affect, the book is divided into three main sections: motivation and values, engagement…
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- 3030137600
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- 437 p.; 22 cm.
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- 155.4 AFF a
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