Divination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece
by
Lisa Raphals
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107010756
ISBN-13
9781107010758
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 17th, 2013
Print length
496 Pages
Weight
115 grams
Dimensions
25.20 x 17.60 x 2.80 cms
Ksh 22,500.00
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This book examines early Chinese and Greek divination, including who practised it, who consulted it, the methods used, and the kinds of questions asked. It also examines divination as a subject of rhetorical and political narratives, and its role in the development of systematic philosophical and scientific inquiry.
Divination was an important and distinctive aspect of religion in both ancient China and ancient Greece, and this book will provide the first systematic account and analysis of the two side by side. Who practised divination in these cultures and who consulted it? What kind of questions did they ask, and what methods were used to answer those questions? As well as these practical aspects, Lisa Raphals also examines divination as a subject of rhetorical and political narratives, and its role in the development of systematic philosophical and scientific inquiry. She explores too the important similarities, differences and synergies between Greek and Chinese divinatory systems, providing important comparative evidence to reassess Greek oracular divination.
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