Anton Wilhelm Amo's philosophical dissertations on mind and body /

This publication provides the original Latin texts with new explanatory annotated translations of two philosophical works by Anton Wilhelm Amo (c.1703-after 1752), the first African philosopher in early modern Europe. It also includes an extensive introduction intended to help readers contextualize...

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Philosophical dissertations on mind and body
The Life of Anton Wilhelm Amo
The History of Amo Reception
The Political and Intellectual Context at Halle and Wittenberg
On Dissertations and Disputations, and Amo's Two Dissertations
Ancient and Modern Debates on Action and Passion and on Sensation
The Argument of the Impassivity and the Distinct Idea
Note on the Text and Translation of Amo's Dissertations
Inaugural Dissertation on the Impassivity of the Human Mind (1734) (Latin and English)
Philosophical Disputation Containing a Distinct Idea of Those Things That Pertain Either to the Mind or to Our Living and Organic Body (1734) (Latin and English)
Dissertatio inauguralis de humanae mentis apatheia.
Disputatio philosophica continens ideam distinctam eorum quae competunt vel menti vel corpori nostro vivo et organico.
Hauptverfasser:
Menn, Stephen Philip, Smith-Ruiu, Justin, Amo, Anton Wilhelm
Weitere Verfasser:
Menn, Stephen Philip (HerausgeberIn), Smith-Ruiu, Justin (HerausgeberIn), Amo, Anton Wilhelm
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Latein
Veröffentlicht:
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Zusammenfassung:
This publication provides the original Latin texts with new explanatory annotated translations of two philosophical works by Anton Wilhelm Amo (c.1703-after 1752), the first African philosopher in early modern Europe. It also includes an extensive introduction intended to help readers contextualize and engage with his philosophical ideas and their historical and intellectual background and significance.
Umfang:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2020.
Anmerkungen:
Text in English and Latin, partially translated from the Latin.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-750164-8
0-19-750165-6
0-19-750163-X
Schlagworte:
Amo, Anton Wilhelm, > approximately 1700-approximately 1754.
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