The ancient Greek roots of human rights / Rachel Hall Sternberg
- Author
- Sternberg, Rachel Hall
- Published
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 161 pages) : illustrations
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- Contents
- The turn toward reason -- Warfare -- Empathy and tears -- Humane discourse -- Elements of respect -- Paths through time.
- Summary
- "A work of intellectual history, the book traces the notion of human rights as articulated in the Enlightenment to the evolution of humane discourse and empathetic thought in Ancient Greece"--
- Subject(s)
- Human rights—Philosophy—History
- Civilization, Classical—Philosophy
- Enlightenment—Philosophy
- Compassion—Philosophy—History
- Empathy—Philosophy—History
- Intellectual life—History
- Droits de l'homme (Droit international)—Philosophie—Histoire
- Civilisation ancienne—Philosophie
- Siècle des Lumières—Philosophie
- Compassion—Philosophie—Histoire
- Empathie—Philosophie—Histoire
- History / Ancient / Greece
- Compassion—Philosophy
- Empathy—Philosophy
- Human rights—Philosophy
- Intellectual life
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781477322925 (electronic bk.)
1477322922 (electronic bk.)
9781477322918 (hardcover)
1477322914 (hardcover) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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