Description: Porphyry : On Abstinence from Killing Animals, Paperback by Clark, Gillian (TRN), ISBN 1780938896, ISBN-13 9781780938899, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
Porphyrys On Abstinence from Killing Animals is one of the most interesting books from Greek antiquity for both philosophers and historians. In it, Porphyry relates the arguments for eating or sacrificing animals and then goes on to argue that an understanding of humans and gods shows such sacrifice to be inappropriate, that an understanding of animals shows it to be unjust, and that a knowledge of non-Greeks shows it to be unnecessary.
There are no Neoplatonist commentaries on Aristotles Ethics from the period AD 250-600. Thus, although this work is not a commentary on Aristotle, it fills a gap in this series by going to the heart of ethical debates among Neoplatonists around AD 300, and revealing one ascetic Neoplatonists view of the ideal way of life. It also records rival positions taken on the treatment of animals by Greek philosophers over the previous six hundred years.
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Book Title: Porphyry : On Abstinence from Killing Animals
Number of Pages: 222 Pages
Publication Name: Porphyry: on Abstinence from Killing Animals
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Animal Rights
Publication Year: 2014
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Gillian Clark
Subject Area: Nature, Philosophy, Social Science
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
