The Traveler's Guide to Classical Philosophy

by John Gaskin and John Charles Addison Gaskin

Book Overview

John Gaskin unfolds the thinking about nature, life, death, and other worlds that informed the culture and society of the classical world--still visible in today's cityscapes and archaeological sites--and draws out its relevance and interest for the modern reader.

It was the Greeks who first asked and discussed in a rational way two fundamental questions that never cease to concern thinking human beings: what is the nature of the universe,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500289344
• ISBN13: 9780500289341
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.1"