Rejoicing Sphairos, Wandering Daimon, and Other Living Beings

Studies on Empedocles’ Philosophy of Life (and Death)

Vojtěch Hladký (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

244 Seiten

2025
Verlag Karl Alber
978-3-495-99292-0 (ISBN)

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The book consists of several thematically interconnected studies on Empedocles that deal with his natural philosophy and related religious topics. It offers a detailed reconstruction of the Sphairos, which is argued to be a giant organism, that is, a structured body with distinguishable parts. This interpretation is supported by some parallels from earlier thinkers and by the history of reception of the Sphairos in the work of later ancient philosophers. Other chapters explain in detail Empedocles' account of the origin of life, embryology, and other biological topics. These innovative scientific ideas are moreover related to some of Empedocles' non-standard religious views, especially his concept of the transmigrating souls.

Reihe/Serie	International Pre-Platonic Studies ; 8
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 227 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
Schlagworte	Ancient Philosophy • Antike Philosophie • Biologie • Biology • Death • Embryologie • Embryology • Empedocles • Empedokles • giant organism • History of Reception • Lebensphilosophie • Natural Philosophy • Naturphilosophie • origin of life • Philosophy of Life • Religionsphilosophie • religiöse Ansichten • Religious Philosophy • religious views • Rezeptionsgeschichte • riesiger Organismus • Sphairos • Tod • transmigrating souls • Ursprung des Lebens • wandernde Seelen
ISBN-10	3-495-99292-8 / 3495992928
ISBN-13	978-3-495-99292-0 / 9783495992920
Zustand	Neuware