Philosophia Translata: The Development of Latin Philosophical Vocabulary Through Translation from Greek: A Case Study Approach (Mnemosyne Supplements: … Greek and Latin Language and Literature, 477)

by: Christopher J. Dowson (Author)

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Publication Date: 2023/9/28

Language: English

Print Length: 398 pages

ISBN-10: 9004677933

ISBN-13: 9789004677937

Book Description

The monograph is a new and comprehensive reference resource tracing the centuries-long evolution of Latin philosophical vocabulary from the translation of Greek. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, it examines formative Latin authors who created not only a new philosophical language, but entirely new ways of thinking.

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The monograph is a new and comprehensive reference resource tracing the centuries-long evolution of Latin philosophical vocabulary from the translation of Greek. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, it examines formative Latin authors who created not only a new philosophical language, but entirely new ways of thinking.