In contrast to the typical bird's eye view--major figures, divergent and confluent schools of thought, successions and continuities of concerns and conflicts--philosophy is here described by people from many countries who are engaged in practicing and producing it as a living da…
What do we mean when we talk about philosophy today? How does philosophy relate to science, to politics, to literature? What methods does the modern philosopher use, and how does philosophy progress? Does philosophy differ from place to place? What can philosophy do for us? And …
Beginnings : who were the first monks? -- Desert fathers, pillar-saints and fasting -- The 'hermit craze' of the Middle Ages -- Herbs and health -- From field to table : the medieval monastic experience -- Medieval diets : the food landscape. How did medieval hermits survive on…
The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and wild honey. Was it really possible to sustain life on so little food? The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and pass…
The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and wild honey. Was it really possible to sustain life on so little food? The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and pass…
How did medieval hermits survive on their self-denying diet? What did they eat, and how did unethical monks get around the rules? The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and …
A collection of essays that explore the juncture of action and appearance in the political thought of Hannah Arendt. It is suitable for anyone interested in Hannah Arendt, political thought, political theory, and political philosophy.
