Greek and Roman Aesthetics (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052154792X ISBN 13: 9780521547925

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This anthology of philosophical texts by Greek and Roman authors brings together works from the late fifth century BC to the sixth century AD that comment on major aesthetic issues such as the perception of beauty and harmony in music and the visual arts, structure and style in literature, and aesthetic judgement. It includes important texts by Plato and Aristotle on the status and the role of the arts in society and in education, and Longinus' reflections on the sublime in literature, in addition to less well-known writings by Philodemus, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, Augustine and Proclus. Most of the texts have been newly translated for this volume, and some are available in English for the first time. A detailed introduction traces the development of classical aesthetics from its roots in Platonism and Aristotelianism to its ultimate form in late Antiquity.

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Book Description:

This anthology brings together works from the late fifth century BC to the sixth century AD that comment on the perception of beauty in music and the visual arts, structure and style in literature, and aesthetic judgement. It includes texts by Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Philodemus, Cicero, Plotinus, Augustine and Proclus.

About the Author:

Oleg V. Bychkov is Professor of Theology, Chair, Department of Theology, St Bonaventure University, New York. He is the co-translator and co-editor, with Allan Bernard Wolter, of John Duns Scotus: The Examined Report of the Paris Lecture (Reportatio I-A), Vol. 1 and 2 (2004 for Vol. 1, 2008 for Vol. 2), and the co-editor, with James Fodor, of Theological Aesthetics After Von Balthasar (2008).

Anne Sheppard is Reader in Ancient Philosophy and Head of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of Studies of the 5th and 6th Essays of Proclus' Commentary on the Republic (1980) and of Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art (1987).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 052154792X
• ISBN 13: 9780521547925
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294