The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece

by: Detienne, M.

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The masters of truth in Archaic Greece

Authors:
Marcel Detienne,
Pierre Vidal-Naquet,
Janet Lloyd (Translator)

Summary:The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece traces the odyssey of "truth," Aletheia, from mythoreligious 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 prerational 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

231 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects:
Aletheia (Greek word)
Alētheia (Le mot grec)
Alētheia (The Greek word)
Alētheia (le mot grec)
Filosofie
Geschichte 700 v. Chr.-500 v. Chr
Greece
Greece Religion
Grèce Religion
Griechenland
Griekse oudheid
Philosophie ancienne
Philosophie antique
Philosophy, Ancient
Religion
Truth
Truth Philosophy
Vérité
Waarheid
Wahrheit
truth

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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by: Hirsch, F.

• Adolf. M. Hakkert, Amsterdam, 1965

Price: 69,00 EURO

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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

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