{"product_id":"porphyry-g-clarke-9781780938899","title":"Porphyry: On Abstinence from Killing Animals","description":"Porphyry's \u003ci\u003eOn Abstinence from Killing Animals \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most interesting books from Greek antiquity for both philosophers and historians. In it, Porphyry relates the arguments for eating or sacrificing animals and then goes on to argue that an understanding of humans and gods shows such sacrifice to be inappropriate, that an understanding of animals shows it to be unjust, and that a knowledge of non-Greeks shows it to be unnecessary. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are no Neoplatonist commentaries on Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eEthics \u003c\/i\u003efrom the period AD 250-600. Thus, although this work is not a commentary on Aristotle, it fills a gap in this series by going to the heart of ethical debates among Neoplatonists around AD 300, and revealing one ascetic Neoplatonist's view of the ideal way of life. It also records rival positions taken on the treatment of animals by Greek philosophers over the previous six hundred years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G. Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780938896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780938899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d","brand":"G. Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181339865343,"sku":"9781780938899","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de6b79a3-75ac-424c-8a8b-e9169452a431.jpg?v=1690259917","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/porphyry-g-clarke-9781780938899","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}