The Origins of Ethical Thought: A Comparative Study Between
Hellenism and Hebraism is the first text to analyze both Greek and
Hebrew ethical thought based on a comprehensive and ideological
interpretation of the two systems on their own and in relation to
one another. An innovative work of interdisciplinary scholarship,
this book focuses on the plurality of perspectives between and
within the respective ethical systems. Without overdrawing
comparisons, the author engages selected primary and secondary
texts and highlights the traits that distinguish the two fields
while revealing the commonalities underlying ancient Hebraic and
Hellenistic concepts of the self in relation to the 'other,'
whether on the human or super-human level. He reveals that both
ethical systems are based on a sense of 'wonder,' which, he argues,
can and should be rehabilitated as a foundation for a new ethics
that is in touch with the transcendent and metaphysical. Moreover,
writing from a Japanese frame of reference, the author incorporates
important insights by Eastern thinkers that are often overlooked in
the West. Well conceived and logically presented, The Origins of
Ethical Thought covers the practical philosophy of the ancient
Greeks from the Presocratics through Aristotle, the religious
ethics of the Ancient Hebrews from the Ten Commandments to the
Wisdom literature, and the consequences of Greek and Hebrew ethics
from philosophical ideas of love and righteousness to religious
notions of retribution and atonement.
General
| Imprint: |
Sheed & Ward,U.S.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2005 |
| First published: |
2005 |
| Authors: |
Seizo Sekine
|
| Translators: |
Judy Wakabayashi
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 153 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7425-3239-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-7425-3239-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780742532397 |
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