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The present volumes unites papers which explore the European image of god and man as the unquestioned basis of the concept which determines what western society defines as human rights and puts it in an intercultural context by comparative essays on chinese, islamic and buddhist thinking. The volume covers issues which range from classical antiquity until contemporary philosophy and science.

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Author:   Hans-Christian Gunther ,  Andrea A. Robiglio
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.934kg
ISBN:  

9789004184244

ISBN 10:   9004184244
Pages:   514
Publication Date:   07 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction (H.-C. Gunther) PART I THE INTERCULTURAL CONTEXT Chapter I Haben die Woerter (ren, Mensch) in der Fruhlings- und Herbstzeit/im Zeitalter der Kampfenden Reiche (770-221 V. Chr) sowie homme im neuzeitlichen und modernen Franzoesischen stets die umfassende Bedeutung Mensch im Sinne der Universalen Erklarung der Menschenrechte vom 10. Dezember 1948? (Harro von Senger) Chapter II Der Mensch zwischen Selbsterkenntnis und Erkenntnis des Selbst in buddhistisch-christlicher Perspektive (Michael Fuss) Chapter III Gottesebenbildlichkeit und Gottesstellvertreterschaft in islamischen Menschenrechtsbegrundungen (L. Richter-Bernburg) PART II GREECE AND ROME Chapter IV Das stoische Gesetz der Natur und seine Rezeption bei Cicero (Robert Bees) Chapter V La donna romana, fra vita reale e letteratura (Paolo Fedeli) Chapter VI Enea e Turno: il duello finale (Paolo Fedeli) Chapter VII Das Leiden der Liebe: Zur Unveranderlichkeit und Leidensfahigkeit des christlichen Gottes (Markus Enders) Chapter VIII Humanization in Late Antique and Byzantine Philosophy (Dominic J. O'Meara) PART III THE MIDDLE AGES, THE RENAISSANCE AND BEYOND Chapter IX Individual Rights and Common Good: Henry of Ghent and the Scholastic Origins of Human Rights (Pasquale Porro) Chapter X Aristotelian Scientia and the Medieval Artes (Charles Lohr) Chapter XI Nicholas of Cusa and the Anthropology of Peace (Paul Richard Blum) Chapter XII Giordano Bruno's Criticism of Globalization (Elisabeth Blum) Chapter XIII La dignite de l'homme chez Dante: une question preliminaire (Andrea A. Robiglio) Chapter XIV Figuren des Menschen bei Dante: Ulisse (Ruedi Imbach) Chapter XV Dante's Commedia and Goethe's Faust. Similarities and Differences (Vittorio Hoesle) Chapter XVI A Jesuit Comedy on the Morality of Soldiers (Paul Richard Blum) MODERN TIMES Chapter XVII Kunst und Technik bei Martin Heidegger (Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann) Chapter XVIII Martin Heideggers Auslegung des Menschen als Zoon logon echon bei Aristoteles (Bodgan Minca) Chapter XIX Sein zum Tode: Tolstoj versus Heidegger (Tatiana Shchyttsova) Chapter XX Europe between Agony and Hope: Christianity, History and Violence in Maria Zambrano (Giusi Strummiello) Chapter XXI Intergeneratives oder gemeinschaftliches Leben? Eine radikalphanomenologische Skizze (Rolf Kuhn) Chapter XXII Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) in Paralysis (Niels Birbaumer/Ander Ramos Murguialday/Moritz Wildgruber/Leonardo G. Cohen) Chapter XXIII Intelligent Technical Systems: Can they Surpass Human Skills? (Dieter Roller) List of Contributors Index

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H.-C. Gunther is professor of Classical Studies at the University of Freiburg. He has published extensively on Greek and Latin literature and philosophy. A.A. Robiglio teaches History of Ethics and Aesthetics at the University of Groningen. His research focuses on Mediaeval and Early Modern philosophy. He is the author of: L'impossibile volere. Tommaso d'Aquino, i tomisti e la volonta, Milan 2002; and La sopravvivenza e la gloria. Appunti sulla formazione della prima scuola tomista, Bologna 2008.

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