The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece

Marcel Detienne Janet Lloyd

ISBN 10: 0942299868 / ISBN 13: 9780942299861

Verlag: Zone Books, 1999

pp. 232. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 261037961

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Janet Lloyd is a translator and writer living in England.

Pierre Vidal-Naquet is Director of Studies and Professor of Sociology at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece
Verlag: Zone Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New