Rejoicing Sphairos, Wandering Daimon, and Other Living Beings : Studies on Empedocles’ Philosophy of Life (and Death)

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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783495992937" target="_blank" >10.5771/9783495992937</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Rejoicing Sphairos, Wandering Daimon, and Other Living Beings : Studies on Empedocles’ Philosophy of Life (and Death)
Original language description
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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
B - Specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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