Those Who Cannot Speak. Animals as Others in Ancient Greek Thought

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Kleczkowska, Katarzyna
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2014
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Katedra Porównawczych Studiów Cywilizacji Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
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The essay is concerned with the topic of the difference between humans and animals in ancient Greek thought. Starting with the lexical problems in studying ancient terms indicating animals, the author presents various definitions of man formulated in contrast to animals, treated as inferior beings. She focuses on the term logos, understood both as reason and ability to speak, which the animals were deprived of according to most of Greek thinkers. The author shows also how the idea of man uniqueness has changed from the archaic period to the classical one. At the end of the essay several reasons why the ancient philosophers define man in opposition to animals are suggested.
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animal    animals    antiquity    human    man    ancient Greece    thought    view    attitude    speaking    animal fable    Aristotle    Stoics    Platon    Hesiod    golden age    reason    Greek thought    other    otherness    speech    Porphyry    stranger    zoon    god    gods    justice    vegetarianism
zwierzę    zwierzęta    starożytność    człowiek    starożytna Grecja    myśl    logos    mowa    bajka zwierzęca    Plutarch    Arystoteles    stoicy    Plato    Hezjod    złoty wiek    rozum    inny    inność    Porfiriusz    obcy
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K. Kleczkowska, Those Who Cannot Speak. Animals as Others in Ancient Greek Thought, „Maska” 2014, nr 24, s. 97–108.
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