Nature Law & the Sacred (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780881467116)

This collection of essays, presented in honor of Ronna Burger, addresses questions and themes that have animated her thinking, teaching, and writing over the years. With a view to the scope of her writings, these essays range broadly: from the Bible and Ancient Greek authors--including not only Plato and Aristotle, but also Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Xenophon--to medieval thinkers, Maimonides, Dante, and Boccaccio, as well as modern philosophers, from Descartes and Montesquieu to Kant, Lessing, Hegel, and Kierkegaard. Moving in order from antiquity to modernity, the essays highlight certain recurring philosophical issues, including the relations between nature and convention, law and justice, human and divine, in light of the indispensable need for questioning and self-knowledge. Taken collectively, the essays disclose intriguing connections among the various authors and texts and display how the themes of nature, law, and the sacred continue to resonate across time.

Author: Evanthia Speliotis
ISBN-10: 0881467111
ISBN-13: 9780881467116
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2020
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.30d