Horos : Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2022Copyright date: �2022Description: 1 online resource (350 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781800642683Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: HorosOnline resources: Wie greife ich auf das E-Book zu? | Click to View Summary: In Horos, Thea Potter explores the complex relationship between classical philosophy and the 'horos', a stone that Athenians erected to mark the boundaries of their marketplace, their gravestones, their roads and their private property. Potter weaves this history into a meditation on the ancient philosophical concept of horos, the foundational project of determination and definition, arguing that it is central to the development of classical philosophy and the marketplace.
In Horos, Thea Potter explores the complex relationship between classical philosophy and the 'horos', a stone that Athenians erected to mark the boundaries of their marketplace, their gravestones, their roads and their private property. Potter weaves this history into a meditation on the ancient philosophical concept of horos, the foundational project of determination and definition, arguing that it is central to the development of classical philosophy and the marketplace.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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