Theogony and Works and Days (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Theogony and Works and Days (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) - Hardcover

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Theogony and Works and Days (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Theogony and Works and Days (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) - Hardcover

by Hesiod
$43.13
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Book Overview

Theogony details Hesiod's interpretation of the origins of the world and of the gods, beginning with Chaos, Gaia, Tartarus, and Eros, and shows a special interest in genealogy. Embedded in Greek myth, there remain fragments of quite variant tales, hinting at the rich variety of myth that once existed.

Works and Days is a poem of over 800 lines which revolves around two general truths: labour is the universal lot of Man, but he who is willing to work will get by. The work lays out the five Ages of Man, as well as advice and wisdom, prescribing a life of honest labour and attacking idleness and unjust judges as well as the practice of usury.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.

ISBN9781774762653
Author Hesiod
PublisherRoyal Classics
GenreLiterature and Philosophy
FormatHardcover
PublishedFebruary 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages64
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Hesiod

C.S. Morrissey is a professor of philosophy at Trinity Western University, where he also teaches courses in the Latin language and in Greek and Roman history. He studied Greek and Latin at the University of British Columbia and has taught courses in these languages and in other classical subjects at Simon Fraser University. Morrissey specializes in philosophical theology and his recent focus has been on its genesis in the monotheistic speculations of Hesiod and Plato. He has also published on the mediaeval Latin philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and his commentatorial tradition, which includes John Poinsot, a.k.a. John of St. Thomas, from whom we may trace a foundational doctrine of signs for the interdisciplinary field of semiotics. Morrissey's current research explores how Eric Voegelin's philosophical studies of the historical processes of symbolization complement the pioneering interdisciplinary work by semiotician and linguist Thomas Albert Sebeok.

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