{"product_id":"materia-philosophiae-material-dimensions-of-ancient-philosophy-9789004694415","title":"Materia Philosophiae. Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy","description":"Ever since Thales fell into the well, popular imagination has pictured philosophers as abstracted from everyday reality. \u003ci\u003eMateria Philosophiae: The Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e counters that view. Philosophy in ancient Greece grew out of and remained closely connected to the material realities around it--difficulties of travel, reliance on cumbersome scrolls, learning acquired literally at the foot of a master; but also the spread of coinage, contemporaneous achievements in technology and engineering, and contact with everyday household objects. By resituating philosophers in their material contexts, \u003ci\u003eMateria Philosophiae\u003c\/i\u003e opens research avenues that have not previously been explored in a single volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Wians (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Merrimack College) teaches at Boston College. Edited collections include \u003ci\u003eLogos and Muthos: Philosophical Essays in Greek Literature\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLogoi and Muthoi: Further Essays in Greek Literature\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eReading Aristotle: Argument and Exposition\u003c\/i\u003e, with Ronald Polansky. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Robert Hahn is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Publications include \u003ci\u003eAnaximander and the Architects\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eArchaeology and the Origins of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Metaphysics of the Pythagorean Theorem\u003c\/i\u003e. He was recently honored as Outstanding Researcher by his university. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors are: Robert Hahn, Andrei Lebedev, Andrew Gregory, Sylvia Berryman, Nathasja Roggo-van Luijn, Richard Seaford, Dirk L. Couprie, Ellen Harlizius-Klück and Giovanni Fanfani, Harold Tarrant, Gastón Javier Basile, Geoffrey Lloyd, Philip Thibodeau, Bella Vivante, William Wians.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998097146130,"sku":"9789004694415","price":158.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78ea0ec5-a8db-41eb-9000-bb33a8ac7e8d.jpg?v=1770138911","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/materia-philosophiae-material-dimensions-of-ancient-philosophy-9789004694415","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}