Sökning: "Herodotus"
Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Herodotus.
1. Herodotus and the Origins of Political Philosophy : The Beginnings of Western Thought from the Viewpoint of its Impending End
Sammanfattning : This investigation proposes a historical theory of the origins of political philosophy. It is assumed that political philosophy was made possible by a new form of political thinking commencing with the inauguration of the first direct democracies in Ancient Greece. LÄS MER
2. Libanius' Declamations 9 and 10
Sammanfattning : Of the Antiochene orator Libanius, active in the 4th century A.D., we have an unusually large quantity of literary products preserved. The works attributed to him include among others speeches, progymnasmata, and letters. LÄS MER
3. On 'have' in Ancient Greek. An investigation on echo and the construction einai with a dative as expressions for 'have'
Sammanfattning : This book deals with ’have’ in ancient Greek. Two different types of ’have’-constructions were used, viz., on the one hand, the active transitive verb ἔχω and, on the other hand, the verb εἶναι, ’be’, with a complement in the dative case (here called the ἔστι μοι construction). LÄS MER
4. Allt är våld! : En undersökning av det moderna våldsbegreppet
Sammanfattning : This study critically examines the intense scholarly interest in violence of recent decades. Consequently, the thesis' main objective is to is to answer two questions in particular: why violence? and why now? First and foremost, this objective is pursued through three separate but interrelated studies. LÄS MER