{"product_id":"plutarchs-three-treatises-on-animals-a-translation-with-introductions-and-commentary-9780367647995","title":"Plutarch's Three Treatises on Animals: A Translation with Introductions and Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a new translation of Plutarch's three treatises on animals-\u003cem\u003eOn the Cleverness of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Whether Beasts Are Rational\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Eating Meat-\u003c\/i\u003eaccompanied by introductions and explanatory commentaries. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe accompanying commentaries are designed not only to elucidate the meaning of the Greek text, but to call attention to Plutarch's striking anticipations of arguments central to current philosophical and ethological discourse in defense of the position that non-human animals have intellectual and emotional dimensions that make them worthy of inclusion in the moral universe of human beings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlutarch's Three Treatises on Animals will be of interest to students of ancient philosophy and natural science, and to all readers who wish to explore the history of thought on human-non-human animal relations, in which the animal treatises of Plutarch hold a pivotal position.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen T. Newmyer\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, USA. He has published extensively on classical views on the intellectual and emotional dimensions of non-human animals, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnimals, Rights and Reason in Plutarch and Modern Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2006), \u003ci\u003eAnimals in Greek and Roman Thought: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Animal and the Human in Ancient and Modern Thought: The 'Man Alone of Animals' Concept\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2017). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50391157702930,"sku":"9780367647995","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3602655-2452-4931-9f11-4c0788159808.jpg?v=1728962492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/plutarchs-three-treatises-on-animals-a-translation-with-introductions-and-commentary-9780367647995","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}