Philosophy before the Greeks : the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia / Marc Van De Mieroop.
Philosophy before the Greeks : the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia / Marc Van De Mieroop.
Philosophy before the Greeks : the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia / Marc Van De Mieroop.
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Princeton Princeton University Press, [2016]
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G 2016/1643
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English
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viii, 297 pages ; 25 cm.
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still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
An essay in Babylonian epistemology -- At the time of creation -- The order of things (les mots et les choses) -- Word lists: a very short history -- Constructing reality -- Writings of the gods -- Omen lists in Babylonian culture -- The structure of knowledge of the universe -- The word of the law...
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Princeton Princeton University Press, [2016]
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New Jersey
Date Published
[2016]
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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 descri...
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Philosophy before the Greeks : the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia / Marc Van De Mieroop.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-289) and index.
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G 2016/1643
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74VKVPaMWByM
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9780691157184 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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181/.6
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991023993315202626
