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  • The Origin of Sin

    Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity

    by David Konstan ...
    Where did the idea of sin arise from? In this meticulously argued book, David Konstan takes a close look at classical Greek and Roman texts, as well as the Bible and early Judaic and Christian writings, and argues that the fundamental idea of "sin" arose in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, although this original meaning was obscured in later Jewish and Christian interpretations.Through ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Aristophanes: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

    by David Konstan ...
    Series series Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides
    This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of the ancient world find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Before Forgiveness

    The Origins of a Moral Idea

    by David Konstan ...
    In this book, David Konstan argues that the modern concept of interpersonal forgiveness, in the full sense of the term, did not exist in ancient Greece and Rome. Even more startlingly, it is not fully present in the Hebrew Bible, nor in the New Testament or in the early Jewish and Christian commentaries on the Holy Scriptures. It would still be centuries - many centuries - before the idea of ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Pity Transformed

    by David Konstan ...
    "Pity Transformed" is an examination of how pity was imagined and expressed in classical antiquity. It pays particular attention to the ways in which the pity of the Greeks and Romans differed from modern ideas. Among the topics investigated in this study are the appeal to pity in courts of law and the connection between pity and desert; the relation between pity and love or intimacy; self-pity; ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Life Worthy of the Gods

    by David Konstan ...
    Epicurus, and his Roman disciple Lucretius, held that the primary cause of human unhappiness was an irrational fear of death. What is more, they believed that a clear understanding of the nature of the world would help to eliminate this fear. They contended that if man recognizes that the universe and everything in it is made up of atoms and empty space, he will see that the soul cannot possibly ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks

    Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature

    by David Konstan ...
    It is generally assumed that whatever else has changed about the human condition since the dawn of civilization, basic human emotions - love, fear, anger, envy, shame - have remained constant. David Konstan, however, argues that the emotions of the ancient Greeks were in some significant respects different from our own, and that recognizing these differences is important to understanding ancient ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Menander of Athens: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

    by David Konstan ...
    Series series Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides
    This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of the ancient world find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Catullus: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

    by David Konstan ...
    Series series Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides
    This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of the ancient world find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • In the Orbit of Love

    Affection in Ancient Greece and Rome

    by David Konstan ...
    This book is about love in the classical world - not erotic passion but the kind of love that binds together intimate members of a family and very close friends, but which may also be extended to include a wider range of individuals for whom we care deeply. The book begins with a discussion of friendship, focusing particularly on the Greek notion that in friendship the identities of two friends ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Beauty

    The Fortunes of an Ancient Greek Idea

    by David Konstan ...
    Series series Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture
    What does it mean to say something is beautiful? On the one hand, beauty is associated with erotic attraction; on the other, it is the primary category in aesthetics, and it is widely supposed that the proper response to a work of art is one of objective contemplation. At its core, then, beauty is a contested concept, and both sides feel comfortable appealing to the authority of Plato, and via him ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Roman Philosophy

    Edited by Myrto Garani, David Konstan, Gretchen Reydams-Schils ...
    Series series OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
    Several decades of scholarship have demonstrated that Roman thinkers developed in new and stimulating directions the systems of thought they inherited from the Greeks, and that, taken together, they offer many perspectives that are of philosophical interest in their own right. The Oxford Handbook of Roman Philosophy explores a range of such Roman philosophical perspectives through thirty-four ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Word of Mouse

    The Marketing Power of Collaborative Filtering

    by John Riedl, Joseph Konstan ...
    Through compelling case studies, Word of Mouse maps out a broad range of strategies that companies can employ to raise revenue, customer loyalty, and satisfaction.At the vanguard of the Internet revolution are two computer scientists from Minnesota who are pioneers of Collaborative Filtering (CF). CF is a technology that enables companies to understand their customers and in turn sell products, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD