{"product_id":"plutarchs-three-treatises-on-animals-9780367647995","title":"Plutarchs Three Treatises on Animals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a new translation of Plutarch's three treatises on animals\u003cem\u003eOn the Cleverness of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Whether Beasts Are Rational\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Eating Meat\u003c\/i\u003eaccompanied by introductions and explanatory commentaries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe accompanying commentaries are designed not only to elucidate the meaning of the Greek text, but to call attention to Plutarch's striking anticipations of arguments central to current philosophical and ethological discourse in defense of the position that non-human animals have intellectual and emotional dimensions that make them worthy of inclusion in the moral universe of human beings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlutarch's Three Treatises on Animals will be of interest to students of ancient philosophy and natural science, and to all readers who wish to explore the history of thought on humannon-human animal relations, in which the animal treatises of Plutarch hold a pivotal position.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Man kann dem Verfasser nur zu dieser Ausgabe gratulieren, die neben einer flüssig lesbaren Übersetzung in wohltuender Knappheit und ansprechender Form alle wichtigen zoologischen und philosophischen Informationen aus Antike und Moderne in Bezug auf die Mensch-Tier-Beziehung präzise auf den Punkt bringt und deshalb gewiss für lange Zeit der Standardkommentar für die wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit diesen drei berühmten Traktaten Plutarchs unter dem Aspekt der Human-animal studies bleiben wird.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[One can only congratulate the author on this edition, which, in addition to a fluently readable translation in a pleasantly concise and appealing form, brings all the important zoological and philosophical information from antiquity and the present in relation to human-animal relations precisely to the point. It will certainly remain the standard commentary for the scientific study of these three famous treatises by Plutarch from the point of view of human-animal studies for a long time.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface; \u003ci\u003eWhether Land or Sea Animals Have More Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eOn the Cleverness of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eDe sollertia animalium; \u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction; Translation; \u003ci\u003eWhether Beasts Are Rational\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eGryllus\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eBruta animalia ratione uti; \u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction; Translation; \u003ci\u003eOn Eating Meat\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eDe esu carnium; \u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction; Treatise I: Translation; Treatise II: Translation; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018001187159,"sku":"9780367647995","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367647995.jpg?v=1750775322","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plutarchs-three-treatises-on-animals-9780367647995","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}