The European Image of God and Man: A Contribution to the Debate on Human Rights (Studies on the Interaction of Art, Thought and Power)

The present volumes unites papers which explore the European image of god and man as the unquestioned basis of the concept which determines what western society defines as human rights and puts it in an intercultural context by comparative essays on chinese, islamic and buddhist thinking. The volume covers issues which range from classical antiquity until contemporary philosophy and science.

H.-C. Günther is professor of Classical Studies at the University of Freiburg. He has published extensively on Greek and Latin literature and philosophy.

A.A. Robiglio teaches History of Ethics and Aesthetics at the University of Groningen. His research focuses on Mediaeval and Early Modern philosophy. He is the author of: L'impossibile volere. Tommaso d'Aquino, i tomisti e la volontà, Milan 2002; and La sopravvivenza e la gloria. Appunti sulla formazione della prima scuola tomista, Bologna 2008.