Philosophy before the Greeks: the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia

In this intellectual history, historian of the ancient Near East Marc Van de Mieroop argues that, for three millennia preceding the Greeks, there were Babylonian philosophers who systematically studied knowledge--about language, divination, and the law--using a coherent system of logic rooted in pra...

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1. Verfasser: Van de Mieroop, Marc 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press 2016
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Zusammenfassung:In this intellectual history, historian of the ancient Near East Marc Van de Mieroop argues that, for three millennia preceding the Greeks, there were Babylonian philosophers who systematically studied knowledge--about language, divination, and the law--using a coherent system of logic rooted in practices of cuneiform script.--From publisher description
Beschreibung:Part I. An essay in Babylonian epistemology -- At the time of creation -- Part II. The order of things (les mots et les choses) -- Word lists : a very short history -- Constructing reality -- Part III. Writings of the gods -- Omen lists in Babylonian culture -- The structure of knowledge of the universe -- Part IV. The word of the law -- Of ancient codes -- The philosopher-king -- Part V. A Babylonian epistemology -- Babylonian epistemology in history -- The conceptual autonomy of Babylonian epistemology
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Beschreibung:VIII, 297 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780691157184
0691157189
9780691176352

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