{"product_id":"anton-wilhelm-amos-philosophical-dissertations-on-mind-and-body-hardcover","title":"Anton Wilhelm Amo's Philosophical Dissertations on Mind and Body - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Menn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephen Menn\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJustin E. H. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnton Wilhelm Amo (c.1703-after 1752) was the first African philosopher in the modern period to write in the European philosophical tradition and study and teach in European universities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the dawn of the eighteenth century, while still a small boy, he was sent from his home in present-day Ghana to Amsterdam. From there he was sent to Germany as a court attendant of Duke Anton Ulrich of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, and was subsequently baptized in 1708. He matriculated at the University of Halle in 1727, where he defended a law thesis. He then studied and taught at the University of Wittenberg, before returning to Halle to teach, and later also teaching in Jena. He returned to West Africa permanently in 1747. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough much attention on and study of Amo has previously focused on his symbolic importance as a historical figure--the first African philosopher in modern Europe--Stephen Menn and Justin E. H. Smith argue for a serious engagement with Amo's work as a philosopher. In an extensive introduction, they contextualize his biography and writing within the surrounding intellectual and historical environment, and discuss and analyze his arguments in conversation with other philosophers of the time. This volume contains his two Wittenberg philosophical dissertations, \u003cem\u003eOn the Impassivity of the Human Mind\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Disputation containing a Distinct Idea of those Things that Pertain either to the Mind or to our Living and Organic Body\u003c\/em\u003e, both first published in 1734. The editors present the original Latin texts with side-by-side English translations and detailed explanatory annotations. In centering Amo's philosophical thought and making it accessible to more students and scholars, Menn\u003cbr\u003eand Smith establish the originality and significance of Amo's rigorous contributions to the mind-body debate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Menn\u003c\/strong\u003e is James McGill Professor of Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He works mainly on ancient Greek and medieval Arabic and Latin philosophy and science, and on the history and philosophy of mathematics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJustin E. H. Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Paris. He works mainly on Leibniz, Rationalism, and the history of metaphysics and natural philosophy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52720790307123,"sku":"9780197501627","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d3RPZkhqWFpmTnp3eXdETjlxaldPQT09.webp?v=1763622168","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/anton-wilhelm-amos-philosophical-dissertations-on-mind-and-body-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}