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The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece

by: Detienne, M.

Price: 58,00 EURO

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Category: Mythology / Ancient Religion
Code: 11521
ISBN-13: 9780942299854 / 978-0-942299-85-4
ISBN-10: 094229985X / 0-942299-85-X
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication Date: 1996
Publication Place: New York
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 231
Book Condition: New

Traces the odyssey of "truth", Aletheia, from mytho-religious to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Marcel Detienne's starting point is a simple observation: in archaic Greece, three figures - the diviner, the bard, and the king - all share the privilege of dispensing truth by virtue of the religious power of divine memory which provides them with knowledge, both oracular and inspired, of the present, past and future. Beginning with this definition of the pre-rational meaning of truth, Detienne proceeds to elaborate the complex conceptual and historical contexts from which emerges the philosophical notion of truth still influencing Western philosophy today.

 
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The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece

by: Detienne, M.

  • ISBN-13: 9780942299854 / 978-0-942299-85-4
  • ISBN-03: 094229985X / 0-942299-85-X
  • Zone Books, New York, 1996

Price: 58,00 EURO

1 copy in stock