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020 _a9780191712944 (ebook) :
_cNo price
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050 4 _aHV4708
082 0 4 _a179.3
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100 1 _aOsborne, Catherine.
245 1 0 _aDumb beasts and dead philosophers
_h[electronic resource] :
_bhumanity and the humane in ancient philosophy and literature /
_cCatherine Osborne.
260 _aOxford :
_bClarendon,
_c2007.
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 262 p.)
520 8 _aThis unusual philosophy book asks the reader to reconsider the received view that animal rights have no place in ancient thought. Catherine Osborne argues that by reflecting on the work of the ancient philosophers and poets, we can see when and how we lost touch with the natural intelligence of dumb animals.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aAnimal welfare
_xPhilosophy
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPhilosophy, Ancient.
650 0 _aAnimals in literature.
650 0 _aLiterature, Ancient
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aAnimals and civilization.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780199282067
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282067.001.0001
999 _c37411
_d37411