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Paperback / softback. New. Ian Kidd, of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, has long been known as a world-class scholar of ancient philosophy and of Posidonius, in particular. Through his long struggle with the fragments of Posidonius, Kidd has done more than any other scholar of ancient philosophy to dispel the myth of "Pan-Posidonianism." He has presented a clearer picture of the Posidonius to whom we may have access. The Passionate Intellect is both a Festschrift offered to Professor Kidd and an important collection of essays on the transformation of classical traditions. The bulk of this volume is built around the theme of Kidd's own inaugural lecture at St. Andrews, "The Passionate Intellect." Many of the contributions follow this theme through by examining how individual people and texts influenced the direction of various traditions. The chapters cover the whole of the classical and late antique periods, including the main genres of classical…
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- Title The Passionate Intellect: Essays on the Transformation of Classical Traditions Presented to Professor I.G. Kidd
- Author Lewis Ayres (Editor)
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- Pages 337
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- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- ISBN 9781138516601 / 1138516600
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Dewey Decimal Code 938
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