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Antisthenes (c. 445-c. 365 BC), was a prominent follower of Socrates and bitter rival of Plato. In this revisionary account of his philosophy in all its aspects, P. A. Meijer claims that Plato and Aristotle have corrupted our perspective on this witty and ingenious thinker. The first part of the book reexamines afresh Antisthenes' ideas about definition and predication and concludes from these that Antisthenes never held the (in)famous theory that contradiction is impossible. The second part of the book argues that Antisthenes' logical theories bear directly on his activities as an exegete of Homer and hence as a theological thinker. Part three, finally, offers innovative readings of Antisthenes' ethical fragments.

PHILOSOPHY / General. --- Antisthenes, --- Antistene, --- Antisthenes --- Philosophy, theology, ethics, epistemiology, politics.

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Constant J. Mews's groundbreaking work reveals the wide world of medieval letters. Looking beyond the cathedral and the cloister for his investigations, and taking a broad view of intellectual practice in the Middle Ages, Mews demands that we expand our horizons as we explore the history of ideas. Alongside his cutting-edge work on Abelard, he has been a leader in the study of medieval women writers, paying heed to Hildegard and Heloise in particular. Mews has also expanded our knowledge of medieval music, and its theoretical foundations. In Mews' Middle Ages, the world of ideas always belongs to a larger world: one that is cultural, gendered and politicized. The essays in this volume pay tribute to Constant, in spirit and in content, revealing a nuanced and integrated vision of the intellectual history of the medieval West.

Intellectual life. --- Civilization, Medieval. --- HISTORY / Medieval --- Intellectual life --- Intellectual history --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medieval civilization --- Middle Ages --- Civilization --- Chivalry --- Renaissance --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Medievalism --- Cultural life --- Culture --- History. --- History --- Intellectual, philosophy, theology, gender. --- Mews, C. J. --- Mews, Constant J.

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In the decades surrounding World War I, religious belief receded in the face of radical new ideas such as Marxism, modern science, Nietzschean philosophy, and critical theology. Modes of Faith addresses both this decline of religious belief and the new modes of secular faith that took religion's place in the minds of many writers and poets.Theodore Ziolkowski here examines the motives for this embrace of the secular, locating new modes of faith in art, escapist travel, socialism, politicized myth, and utopian visions. James Joyce, he reveals, turned to art as an esc

Implicit religion --- Religion and literature --- Secularism --- Secularism in literature. --- European literature --- Ethics --- Irreligion --- Utilitarianism --- Atheism --- Postsecularism --- Secularization (Theology) --- Literature --- Literature and religion --- Secular religion --- Religion --- History --- History and criticism. --- Moral and religious aspects --- Europe --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Secularism in literature --- 211.55 --- 211.55 Secularisatie. Entmythologisierung --- Secularisatie. Entmythologisierung --- History and criticism --- faith, belief, religion, secularism, marxism, science, nietzsche, philosophy, theology, meaning, purpose, art, travel, escapism, socialism, politics, myth, utopia, james joyce, herman hesse, roger martin du gard, thomas mann, communism, hg wells, literature, history, russia, italy, germany, england, france, profane, india, spiritualism, longing, renewal, revival, nonfiction, culture, modern life, society, community.