Lucretius On Creation And Evolution

Author : Gordon Lindsay Campbell
Publisher : Oxford Classical Monographs
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0199263965

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Lucretius on Creation and Evolution by Gordon Lindsay Campbell Pdf

Lucretius' account of the origin of life, the origin of species, and human prehistory is the longest and most detailed account extant from the ancient world. It gives an anti-teleological mechanistic theory of zoogony and the origin of species that does away with the need for any divine aidor design in the process, and accordingly it has been seen as a forerunner of Darwin's theory of evolution. This commentary locates Lucretius in both the ancient and modern contexts, and treats Lucretius' ideas as very much alive rather than as historical concepts. The recent revival of creationismmakes this study particularly relevant to contemporary debate, and indeed, many of the central questions posed by creationists are those Lucretius attempts to answer.

Author : Kenneth Keathley,Mark F. Rooker
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825429415

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40 Questions About Creation and Evolution by Kenneth Keathley,Mark F. Rooker Pdf

Biblically and scientifically informed answers to pressing questions about the creation-evolution debate. This accessible volume evenly addresses the issues of modern science and the scriptural texts. The conservative evangelical authors are well-informed on contemporary scientific views of the universe and also carefully exegete the biblical texts that pertain to creation. They irenically consider the various angles of the debate and make constructive suggestions to reconcile science and the Bible. Those who are curious about the origins of life and the universe will want to read this book. Seminary students and serious college students will find this information critical, as an understanding of creation is vital to an effective apologetic in sharing the faith.

Author : Michael North
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226077901

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Novelty by Michael North Pdf

If art and science have one thing in common, it’s a hunger for the new—new ideas and innovations, new ways of seeing and depicting the world. But that desire for novelty carries with it a fundamental philosophical problem: If everything has to come from something, how can anything truly new emerge? Is novelty even possible? In Novelty, Michael North takes us on a dazzling tour of more than two millennia of thinking about the problem of the new, from the puzzles of the pre-Socratics all the way up to the art world of the 1960s and ’70s. The terms of the debate, North shows, were established before Plato, and have changed very little since: novelty, philosophers argued, could only arise from either recurrence or recombination. The former, found in nature’s cycles of renewal, and the latter, seen most clearly in the workings of language, between them have accounted for nearly all the ways in which novelty has been conceived in Western history, taking in reformation, renaissance, invention, revolution, and even evolution. As he pursues this idea through centuries and across disciplines, North exhibits astonishing range, drawing on figures as diverse as Charles Darwin and Robert Smithson, Thomas Kuhn and Ezra Pound, Norbert Wiener and Andy Warhol, all of whom offer different ways of grappling with the idea of originality. Novelty, North demonstrates, remains a central problem of contemporary science and literature—an ever-receding target that, in its complexity and evasiveness, continues to inspire and propel the modern. A heady, ambitious intellectual feast, Novelty is rich with insight, a masterpiece of perceptive synthesis.

Author : Professor Robin Attfield
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477174

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Creation, Evolution and Meaning by Professor Robin Attfield Pdf

This book presents the case for belief in both creation and evolution at the same time as rejecting creationism. Issues of meaning supply the context of inquiry; the book defends the meaningfulness of language about God, and also relates belief in both creation and evolution to the meaning of life. Meaning, it claims, can be found in consciously adopting the role of steward of the planetary biosphere, and thus of the fruits of creation. Distinctive features include a sustained case for a realist understanding of language about God; a contemporary defence of some of the arguments for belief in God and in creation; a sifting of different versions of Darwinism and their implications for religious belief; a Darwinian account of the relation of predation and other apparent evils to creation; a new presentation of the argument, from the world's value to the purposiveness of evolution; and discussions of whether or not meaning itself evolves, and of religious and secular bases for belief in stewardship.

Author : Georgia L. Irby
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118372678

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A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome, 2 Volume Set by Georgia L. Irby Pdf

A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives. Brings a fresh perspective to the study of science, technology, and medicine in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives Begins coverage in 600 BCE and includes sections on the later Roman Empire and beyond, featuring discussion of the transmission and reception of these ideas into the Renaissance Investigates key disciplines, concepts, and movements in ancient science, technology, and medicine within the historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts of Greek and Roman society Organizes its content in two halves: the first focuses on mathematical and natural sciences; the second focuses on cultural applications and interdisciplinary themes 2 Volumes

Author : Georgia L. Irby
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118372975

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A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome by Georgia L. Irby Pdf

A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives. Brings a fresh perspective to the study of science, technology, and medicine in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives Begins coverage in 600 BCE and includes sections on the later Roman Empire and beyond, featuring discussion of the transmission and reception of these ideas into the Renaissance Investigates key disciplines, concepts, and movements in ancient science, technology, and medicine within the historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts of Greek and Roman society Organizes its content in two halves: the first focuses on mathematical and natural sciences; the second focuses on cultural applications and interdisciplinary themes 2 Volumes

Author : Phillip Mitsis
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 9780199744213

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Oxford Handbook of Epicurus and Epicureanism by Phillip Mitsis Pdf

This volume offers authoritative discussions of all aspects of the philosophy of Epicurus (340-271 BCE) and then traces Epicurean influences throughout the Western tradition. It is an unmatched resource for those wishing to deepen their knowledge of Epicureanism's powerful arguments about death, happiness, and the nature of the material world.

Author : T. Lucretius Carus
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : EAN:8596547315872

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Of the Nature of Things by T. Lucretius Carus Pdf

"Of the Nature of Things" is a first-century BCE didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius to explain Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. In this work, T. Lucretius Carus presents the view that the world can be described by the function of material forces and natural laws. So, one should not fear the gods or death.

Author : Ernan McMullin
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015012295880

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Evolution and Creation by Ernan McMullin Pdf

Author : Nathan Johnstone
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319894560

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The New Atheism, Myth, and History by Nathan Johnstone Pdf

This book examines the misuse of history in New Atheism and militant anti-religion. It looks at how episodes such as the Witch-hunt, the Inquisition, and the Holocaust are mythologized to present religion as inescapably prone to violence and discrimination, whilst the darker side of atheist history, such as its involvement in Stalinism, is denied. At the same time, another constructed history—that of a perpetual and one-sided conflict between religion and science/rationalism—is commonly used by militant atheists to suggest the innate superiority of the non-religious mind. In a number of detailed case studies, the book traces how these myths have long been overturned by historians, and argues that the New Atheism’s cavalier use of history is indicative of a troubling approach to the humanities in general. Nathan Johnstone engages directly with the God debate at an academic level and contributes to the emerging study of non-religion as a culture and an identity.

Author : David Sedley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520934369

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Creationism and Its Critics in Antiquity by David Sedley Pdf

The world is configured in ways that seem systematically hospitable to life forms, especially the human race. Is this the outcome of divine planning or simply of the laws of physics? Ancient Greeks and Romans famously disagreed on whether the cosmos was the product of design or accident. In this book, David Sedley examines this question and illuminates new historical perspectives on the pantheon of thinkers who laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Versions of what we call the "creationist" option were widely favored by the major thinkers of classical antiquity, including Plato, whose ideas on the subject prepared the ground for Aristotle's celebrated teleology. But Aristotle aligned himself with the anti-creationist lobby, whose most militant members—the atomists—sought to show how a world just like ours would form inevitably by sheer accident, given only the infinity of space and matter. This stimulating study explores seven major thinkers and philosophical movements enmeshed in the debate: Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Socrates, Plato, the atomists, Aristotle, and the Stoics.

Author : Gordon Lindsay Campbell
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199589425

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The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life by Gordon Lindsay Campbell Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidance on further reading for those who wish to study a particular area in greater depth. Both the realities and the more theoretical aspects of the treatment of animals in ancient times are covered in chapters which explore the domestication of animals, animal husbandry, animals as pets, Aesop's Fables, and animals in classical art and comedy, all of which closely examine the nature of human-animal interaction. More abstract and philosophical topics are also addressed, including animal communication, early ideas on the origin of species, and philosophical vegetarianism and the notion of animal rights.

Author : Paul M. Blowers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191635939

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Drama of the Divine Economy by Paul M. Blowers Pdf

The theology of creation interconnected with virtually every aspect of early Christian thought, from Trinitarian doctrine to salvation to ethics. Paul M. Blowers provides an advanced introduction to the multiplex relation between Creator and creation as an object both of theological construction and religious devotion in the early church. While revisiting the polemical dimension of Christian responses to Greco-Roman philosophical cosmology and heterodox Gnostic and Marcionite traditions on the origin, constitution, and destiny of the cosmos, Blowers focuses more substantially on the positive role of patristic theological interpretation of Genesis and other biblical creation texts in eliciting Christian perspectives on the multifaceted relation between Creator and creation. Greek, Syriac, and Latin patristic commentators, Blowers argues, were ultimately motivated less by purely cosmological concerns than by the urge to depict creation as the enduring creative and redemptive strategy of the Trinity. The 'drama of the divine economy', which Blowers discerns in patristic theology and piety, unfolded how the Creator invested the 'end' of the world already in its beginning, and thereupon worked through the concrete actions of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to realize a new creation.

Author : Richard Faure,Simon-Pierre Valli,Arnaud Zucker
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110736076

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Conceptions of Time in Greek and Roman Antiquity by Richard Faure,Simon-Pierre Valli,Arnaud Zucker Pdf

This collection of articles is an important milestone in the history of the study of time conceptions in Greek and Roman Antiquity. It spans from Homer to Neoplatonism. Conceptions of time are considered from different points of view and sources. Reflections on time were both central and various throughout the history of ancient philosophy. Time was a topic, but also material for poets, historians and doctors. Importantly, the contributions also explore implicit conceptions and how language influences our thought categories.

Author : Alison Brown
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0674050320

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The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence by Alison Brown Pdf

Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius—earlier and more widely than has been supposed—to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the “revolution” in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks.