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"Listening is a social process. Even apparently trivial acts of listening are expert performances of acquired cognitive and bodily habits. Contemporary scholars acknowledge this fact with the notion that there are "auditory cultures." In the fourth century BCE, Greek philosophers recognized a similar phenomenon in music, which they treated as a privileged site for the cultural manufacture of sensory capabilities, and proof that in a traditional culture perception could be ordered, regular, and reliable. This approachable and elegantly written book tells the story of how music became a vital topic for understanding the senses and their role in the creation of knowledge. Focussing in particular on discussions of music and sensation in Plato and Aristoxenus, Sean Gurd explores a crucial early chapter in the history of hearing and gently raises critical questions about how aesthetic traditionalism and sensory certainty can be joined together in a mutually reinforcing symbiosis"--

Music theory --- Music --- Ancient Philosophy (Classical Studies) --- Aesthetics --- Sound Studies --- History --- Acoustics and physics.

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This volume covers the philosophical, historical, religious, and interpretative aspects of the ancient Guodian bamboo manuscripts (郭店楚簡) which were disentombed in the Guodian Village in Hubei Province, China, in 1993. Considered to be the Chinese equivalent of the Dead Sea Scrolls, these manuscripts are archaeological finds whose importance cannot be underestimated. Many of the texts are without counterparts in the transmitted tradition, and they provide unique insights into the developments of Chinese philosophy in the period between the death of Confucius (551-479 BCE) and the writings of Mencius (c.372-289 BCE), and beyond. Divided into two parts, the book first provides inter-textual contexts and backgrounds of the Guodian manuscripts. The second part covers the main concepts and arguments in the Guodian texts, including cosmology and metaphysics, political philosophy, moral psychology, and theory of human nature. The thematic essays serve as an introduction to the philosophical significance and the key philosophical concepts/thought of each text contained in the Guodian corpus. Each chapter has a section on the implications of the texts for the received tradition, or for the purpose of comparing some of the text(s) with the received tradition in terms of the key philosophical concepts as well as the reading and interpretation of the texts. The volume covers most of the texts inscribed on the 800-odd slips of the Guodian corpus dated to the fourth century BCE.

Manuscripts, Chinese. --- Chinese manuscripts --- Philosophy, Asian. --- Philosophy (General). --- Philosophy, classical. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- History of Philosophy. --- Classical Philosophy. --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- Philosophy, Chinese. --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Philosophy --- Philosophical Traditions. --- Ancient Philosophy / Classical Philosophy. --- Modern philosophy --- History.

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This book represents a series of incursions from the region of Byzantine thought into territory long claimed by Western philosophy and theology. But at the same time, it is a project of attempting, beginning with thoughts inevitably rooted in the West, to penetrate as deeply as possible into the Byzantine philosophical and spiritual landscape. These are incursions that move back and forth between the visible and the invisible. This book shows that the problem of the relation between transcendence and immanence has found its answer in the philosophical and theological legacy of Byzantine thought, which has always sought to bring together strands tenaciously held separate in the West. This book transports contemporary readers to an ancient conceptual landscape as it expertly handles the Byzantine ideas with a familiarity unavailable to most contemporary scholars. It is an essential read for any scholar interested in recapturing the heart of Byzantine thought and using the lessons therein to address the problems which plague Western philosophy and society. .

Philosophy (General). --- Theology. --- Religion and sociology. --- Philosophy, classical. --- Philosophy, Asian. --- History of Philosophy. --- Christian Theology. --- Religion and Society. --- Classical Philosophy. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Christian theology --- Theology --- Theology, Christian --- Christianity --- Religion --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Sociology of Religion. --- Ancient Philosophy / Classical Philosophy. --- Philosophical Traditions. --- Modern philosophy --- History.

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This Key Concepts pivot considers the fundamental Chinese cultural ideal of harmony (hé/和). Historically originating from Confucianism, the concept of harmony sits at the heart of Chinese traditional culture, which is characteristically morality-based and harmony-conscious due to the central role of pragmatic reason and wisdom nurtured through Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, Legalism and other schools of thought. This pivot delineates the rationale of the Chinese philosophy of harmony and its implications for modern social practices worldwide. It notably reexamines the relevance of hé beyond the realm of philosophy, and how this concept can impact on modern day human relations, amongst individuals and families as well as on a wider societal scale. It explores how hé can affect perspectives on political interaction, international relations and human conflict, as well as the interaction between man and nature. Addressing the inevitable tension between theory and practice, this book argues for the very real relevance of hé in 21st century cultural, social, political and economic spheres in China and beyond.

Harmony (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Asian. --- Ethnology-Asia. --- Philosophy, classical. --- Philosophy. --- Social sciences. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- Asian Culture. --- Classical Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Man. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- Ethnology—Asia. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy

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This book argues that according to Metaphysics Zeta, substantial forms constitute substantial being in the sensible world, and individual composites make up the basic constituents that possess this kind of being. The study explains why Aristotle provides a reexamination of substance after the Categories, Physics, and De Anima, and highlights the contribution Z is meant to make to the science of being. Norman O. Dahl argues that Z.1-11 leaves both substantial forms and individual composites as candidates for basic constituents, with Z.12 being something that can be set aside. He explains that although the main focus of Z.13-16 is to argue against a Platonic view that takes universals to be basic constituents, some of its arguments commit Aristotle to individual composites as basic constituents, with Z.17’s taking substantial form to constitute substantial being is compatible with that commitment. .

Philosophy, classical. --- Greek philology. --- Classical Philosophy. --- Greek. --- Classical philology --- Greek language --- Greek literature --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Greek language. --- Classical languages --- Indo-European languages --- Greek philology --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Metafísica --- Substància (Filosofia) --- Filosofia antiga --- Aristòtil, --- Filosofia clàssica --- Filosofia --- Ciència antiga --- Cosmologia antiga --- Eleàtics --- Epicureisme --- Estètica antiga --- Estoïcisme --- Filosofia grega --- Filosofia romana --- Gnosticisme --- Maniqueisme --- Megàrics --- Neoplatonisme --- Orfisme --- Filòsofs antics --- Realitat --- Quatre elements (Filosofia) --- Ésser (Filosofia) --- Ontologia --- Subjecte (Filosofia) --- Absolut (Filosofia) --- Causalitat --- Cosmologia --- Espai (Filosofia) --- Espai i temps --- Forma (Filosofia) --- Hilemorfisme --- Immanència (Filosofia) --- Infinit --- Necessitat (Filosofia) --- Raó suficient --- Repetició (Filosofia) --- Teoria del coneixement --- Temps (Filosofia) --- U (L'U en filosofia) --- Valors (Filosofia) --- Déu --- Filosofia de la ment --- Transcendència (Filosofia) --- Aristotelis, --- Aristoteleus, --- Aristoteloys, --- Aristotle, --- Aristote, --- Aristotele, --- Aristóteles, --- Arystoteles, --- Aristóteles --- Aristòtil --- Cosmovisió