Antisthenes of Athens : Setting the World Aright
by Navia, Luis E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0313316724
- ISBN 13
- 9780313316722
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. (2001). First Edition. Hardcover. 0313316724 . No signatures. A nice copy of this title.; xii, 176, [2], [2 (blank)] pages. White boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 229 x 152mm. Philosophy, Classical. Contents: Preface; Sources and Testimonies; A Biographical Sketch; The Interpretation of Homer; Saying Nothing about the No Thing; The Socratic Connection; Antisthenes, the Absolute Dog; Simon the Shoemaker; Appendix - Diogenes Laertius: 'The Life of Antisthenes'; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subjects. "I have assumed in my own reconstruction of Antisthenes that he passed through various stages of intellectual development, beginning with a Sophistical and rhetorical stage, from which he moved on to come under the influence of Socrates, until eventually he turned himself into a Cynic - the Absolute Dog, as he was reportedly called in ancient times." - Preface, pp.vii-viii. Includes a 13 page Bibliography, pp. 151-163. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25438
- Title
- Antisthenes of Athens : Setting the World Aright
- Author
- Navia, Luis E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0313316724
- ISBN 13
- 9780313316722
- Publisher
- Greenwood Press
- Place of Publication
- Westport, Connecticut
- Date Published
- (2001)
- Keywords
- 0313316724
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About Renaissance Books
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