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Questions asked by Greek philosophy and science - how do we come to be? How do we grow? When are we recognizably human? - are addressed with new intensity today. Modern embryology has changed the methods of enquiry and given us new knowledge. Public interest and concern are high because medical applications of new knowledge offer benefits and yet awaken ancestral fears. The law and politics are called upon to secure the benefits without realizing the fears. Philosophers and theologians are involved once again.

 

In this volume, some of the world's authorities on the subject trace the tradition of enquiry over two and a half thousand years. The answers given in related cultures - Greek, Latin, Jewish, Arabian, Islamic, Christian - reflected the purposes to be served at different times, in medical practice, penitential discipline, canon law, common law, human feeling. But the terms in which the questions were discussed were those set down by the Greeks and transmitted through the Arabic authors to medieval Europe.

Ebook Human Embryo Aristotle and the Arabic and European Traditions PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION GR Dunstan Books

"A wide variety of scholarly articles on the theological considerations surrounding conception from the world's ancient religions - all written as part of an academic gathering to explore the subject. It is unbiased. Still accessible to readers who are not theologians. I have found it fascinating and thought provoking. I would strongly recommend this publication to anyone who has open mindedly wondered when life begins or is interested in what theologians of the past thought - it will not tell you what to think but will provide plenty of food for thought. It may also challenge one or two assumptions about what "religion" teaches."

Product details Series PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION Hardcover 248 pages Publisher University of Exeter Press; First edition edition (February 15, 2019) Language English ISBN-10 0859893405

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• A wide variety of scholarly articles on the theological considerations surrounding conception from the world's ancient religions - all written as part of an academic gathering to explore the subject. It is unbiased. Still accessible to readers who are not theologians. I have found it fascinating and thought provoking. I would strongly recommend this publication to anyone who has open mindedly wondered when life begins or is interested in what theologians of the past thought - it will not tell you what to think but will provide plenty of food for thought. It may also challenge one or two assumptions about what "religion" teaches.