Being, Humanity, and Understanding: Studies in Ancient and Modern Societies

by G.E.R. Lloyd

Book Overview

G. E. R. Lloyd explores the variety of ideas and assumptions that humans have entertained concerning three main topics: being, or what there is; humanity--what makes a human being a human; and understanding, both of the world and of one another. Amazingly diverse views have been held on these issues by different individuals and collectivities in both ancient and modern times. Lloyd juxtaposes the evidence available from ethnography and from the study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199654727
• ISBN13: 9780199654727
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"