Thinking about the Environment: Our Debt to the Classical and Medieval PastT. M. Robinson, Laura Westra Why should the work of the ancient and the medievals, so far as it relates to nature, still be of interest and an inspiration to us now? The contributions to this enlightening volume explore and uncover contemporary scholarship's debt to the classical and medieval past. Thinking About the Environment synthesizes religious thought and environmental theory to trace a trajectory from Mesopotamian mythology and classical and Hellenistic Greek, through classical Latin writers, to medieval Christian views of the natural world and our relationship with it. The work also offers medieval Arabic and Jewish views on humanity's inseparability from nature. The volume concludes with a study of the breakdown between science and value in contemporary ecological thought. Thinking About the Environment will be a invaluable source book for those seeking to address environmental ethics from a historical perspective. |
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The Greek Conception of the Environment | 15 |
Una volta fui arbusto e muto pesce del mare | 25 |
Environmental Issues in Hellenistic Philosophy | 33 |
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