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Sorabji, Richard Rustom Kharsedji was born on November 8, 1934 in Brighton, United Kingdom. Son of Richard Kaikushru and Mary Katharine (Monkhouse) Sorabji.
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Richard Sorabji, a noted philosopher in his own right, here offers a new edition of his 1972 translation of De Memoria here with commentary, summaries, and three essays comparing Aristotle’s accounts of memory and recollection. For this edition, Sorabji has also provided a substantial new introduction taking into account scholarly debates over the intervening thirty years, particularly those over the role of mental images in the imagination. “Sorabji has produced a first-class book on an important topic. All Aristotelians, and anyone with an interest in any aspect of memory, will be in his debt.”—Jonathan Barnes, Isis “Anyone concerned with Aristotle’s psychology, theory of mind, or rhetoric, anyone interested in mnemonic systems, and anyone trying to work out for himself a theory of memory, should read Aristotle’s treatise On Memory, with the comments by Richard Sorabji.”—International Studies in Philosophy “Sorabji’s book is a sample of care, intelligence, and subtlety that the Anglo-Saxon philosophers do not hesitate to invest in such enterprises. . . . The notes seem to leave no detail, no textual difficulty unilluminated.”—Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale
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( A discussion of Aristotle's thought on determinism and ...)
A discussion of Aristotle's thought on determinism and culpability, Necessity, Cause, and Blame also reveals Richard Sorabji's own philosophical commitments. He makes the original argument here that Aristotle separates the notions of necessity and cause, rejecting both the idea that all events are necessarily determined as well as the idea that a non-necessitated event must also be non-caused. In support of this argument, Sorabji engages in a wide-ranging discussion of explanation, time, free will, essence, and purpose in nature. He also provides historical perspective, arguing that these problems remain intimately bound up with modern controversies. 'Original and important ... The book relates Aristotle's discussions to both the contemporary debates on determinism and causation and the ancient ones. It is especially detailed on Stoic arguments about necessity ... and on the social and legal background to Aristotle's thought.' Choice
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( Richard Sorabji here takes time as his central theme, e...)
Richard Sorabji here takes time as his central theme, exploring fundamental questions about its nature: Is it real or an aspect of consciousness? Did it begin along with the universe? Can anything escape from it? Does it come in atomic chunks? In addressing these and myriad other issues, Sorabji engages in an illuminating discussion of early thought about time, ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Islamic, Christian, and Jewish medieval thinkers. Sorabji argues that the thought of these often negelected philosophers about the subject is, in many cases, more complete than that of their more recent counterparts. “Splendid. . . . The canvas is vast, the picture animated, the painter nonpareil. . . . Sorabji’s work will encourage more adventurers to follow him to this fascinating new-found land.”—Jonathan Barnes, Times Literary Supplement “One of the most important works in the history of metaphysics to appear in English for a considerable time. No one concerned with the problems with which it deals either as a historian of ideas or as a philosopher can afford to neglect it.”—Donald MacKinnon, Scottish Journal of Theology “Unusually readable for such scholarly content, the book provides in rich and cogent terms a lively and well-balanced discussion of matters of concern to a wide academic audience.”—Choice
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Time, Creation and the Continuum: Theories in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages TIME, CREATION AND THE CONTINUUM: THEORIES IN ANTIQUITY AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES By Sorabji, Richard ( Author )Nov-15-2006 Paperback
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This important study of ancient theories about matter, space and motion and their sequels concludes Richard Sorabji's three-part inquiry into ancient Greek physics and metaphysics.
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( "They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According...)
"They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According to Richard Sorabji, this conclusion attributed to the Stoic philosophers was based on Aristotle's argument that animals lack reason. In his fascinating, deeply learned book, Sorabji traces the roots of our thinking about animals back to Aristotelian and Stoic beliefs. Charting a recurrent theme in ancient philosophy of mind, he shows that today's controversies about animal rights represent only the most recent chapter in millennia-old debates. Sorabji surveys a vast range of Greek philosophical texts and considers how classical discussions of animals' capacities intersect with central questions, not only in ethics but in the definition of human rationality as well: the nature of concepts; how perceptions differ from beliefs; how memory, intention, and emotion relate to reason; and to what extent speech, skills, and inference can serve as proofs of reason. Focusing on the significance of ritual sacrifice and the eating of meat, he explores religious contexts of the treatment of animals in ancient Greece and in medieval Western Christendom. He also looks closely at the contemporary defenses of animal rights offered by Peter Singer, Tom Regan, and Mary Midgley. Animal Minds and Human Morals sheds new light on traditional arguments surrounding the status of animals while pointing beyond them to current moral dilemmas. It will be crucial reading for scholars and students in the fields of ancient philosophy, ethics, history of philosophy, classics, and medieval studies, and for everyone seriously concerned about our relationship with other species.
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Sorabji, Richard Rustom Kharsedji was born on November 8, 1934 in Brighton, United Kingdom. Son of Richard Kaikushru and Mary Katharine (Monkhouse) Sorabji.
Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1959. Bachelor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1962.
From assistant to associate professor Sage School Philosophy, Cornell University, 1962-1969. From lecturer to reader philosophy department King's College, London, 1970-1981, professor ancient philosophy, since 1981. Senior fellow Council of the Humanities, Princeton University, since 1985.
Visiting lecturer Toronto University, 1990, Cambridge University, 1991, Oxford University, 1993, Stanford University, 1994, Dublin University, 1995. Townsend lecturer Cornell University, 1985. Designer, 1st director King's College-Center for Philosophical Studies, 1989-1991.
President Aristotelian Society, 1985-1986. Senior research fellow Society of the Humanities, Cornell University, 1979. Director Institute Classical Studies, London, since 1991.
Member common room Wolfson College, Oxford, since 1991. Member senior common room Pembroke College, Oxford, since 1992.
( Richard Sorabji here takes time as his central theme, e...)
( Richard Sorabji, a noted philosopher in his own right, ...)
(Time, Creation and the Continuum: Theories in Antiquity a...)
(This important study of ancient theories about matter, sp...)
( A discussion of Aristotle's thought on determinism and ...)
( A discussion of Aristotle’s thought on determinism and ...)
( Aristotle's treatise "De Memoria" is close to theories ...)
( "They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According...)
(Animals can't construct sentences. Therefore we can eat t...)
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Fellow British Academy.
Married Margaret Catherine Taster, September 13, 1958. Children: Richard Jon Francis, Cornelia Katherine, Tahmina Lucy.