The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Zone Books
ISBN-10
0942299868
ISBN-13
9780942299861
Publisher
Zone Books
Imprint
Zone Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 12th, 1999
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
366 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.70 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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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.
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