Questioning Cosmopolitanism
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Wim Vandekerckhove and Stan van Hooft The philosopher, Diogenes the Cynic, in the fourth century BCE, was asked where he came from and where he felt he belonged. He answered that he was a "citi- 1 zen of the world" (kosmopolit?s) . This made him the rst person known to have described himself as a cosmopolitan. A century later, the Stoics had developed that concept further, stating that the whole cosmos was but one polis, of which the order was logos...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:9048187036
ISBN13:9789048187034
Release Date:May 2010
Publisher:Springer
Length:230 Pages
Weight:1.19 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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