Sökning: "Pliny"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Pliny.

  1. 1. Imperial Freedmen and Roman Society : A study on the social standing of imperial freedmen as expressed in literary and epigraphic sources in the early Roman Empire

    Författare :Lisa Hagelin; Gerd Haverling; Gunhild Vidén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; imperial freedmen; emperor; status; social history; early empire; Pliny; Tacitus; Seneca; Latin epigraphy; Rome; Latin language; Latin; Latin; Latin;

    Sammanfattning : This study discusses the imperial freedmen’s standing in Roman society as it is expressed in literary and epigraphic sources. It has often been assumed that the traditional elite had a general negative attitude towards this group, and previous scholars have interpreted the social standing of the imperial freedmen very differently due to the discrepancy between the legal status and the social status of these freedmen. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Lauro, myrto et buxo frequentata. A study of the Roman garden through its plants

    Författare :Lena Landgren; Lunds universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arkeologi; Archaeology; grave garden; epigraphy; topiary; gardener; garden design; Pliny the Younger; Pliny the Elder; Roman botany; Portico of Pompey; Pompeii; Oplontis; topiarius; viridarium; viridia; Roman garden; garden archaeology; Ornamental plants; Prydnadsväxter;

    Sammanfattning : The plants in the ancient Roman garden were chosen with deliberation. These choices were ruled by the meaning and associations the plants conveyed to the garden visitors. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Monstret & människan : Paré, Deleuze och teratologiska traditioner i fransk filosofi, från renässanshumanism till posthumanism

    Författare :Jonnie Eriksson; Gunnar Broberg; Michael Azar; Anders Johansson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; difference; materiality; the body; teratology; humanist philosophy; monstrosity; anomaly; the inhuman; Ambroise Paré; Gilles Deleuze; natural philosophy; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire; organization; the posthuman; order; affect; multiplicity; becoming; Gilles Deleuze; Ambroise Paré; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire; teratologi; humanistisk filosofi; monstruositet; anomali; kropp; materialitet; affekt; mångfald; skillnad; blivande; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; materiality; difference; the body; teratology; humanist philosophy; monstrosity; anomaly; the inhuman; Ambroise Paré; Gilles Deleuze; natural philosophy; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire; organization; the posthuman; order; affect; multiplicity; becoming;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the problem of the inhuman in relation to human nature in philosophy from antiquity to the present, highlighting the interrelationship between science and philosophy in the development of concepts of monstrosity in France from mid-sixteenth century to late twentieth century thought. By means of constraint, it focuses on Ambroise Paré (1509/10–90) and Gilles Deleuze (1925–95) as representatives of early humanism and posthumanism, respectively. LÄS MER