Divination and human nature : a cognitive history of intuition in classical antiquity / Peter T. Str...
Divination and human nature : a cognitive history of intuition in classical antiquity / Peter T. Str...
Divination and human nature : a cognitive history of intuition in classical antiquity / Peter T. Struck.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
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G 2017/5741
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English
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x, 288 pages ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Divination and the history of surplus knowledge -- Plato on divination and nondiscursive knowing -- Aristotle on foresight through dreams -- Posidonius and other stoics on extra-sensory knowledge -- Iamblichus on divine divination and human intuition -- Reconsidering Penelope.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
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New Jersey
Date Published
[2016]
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"Divination and Human Nature casts a new perspective on the rich tradition of ancient divination {u2014} the reading of divine signs in oracles, omens, and dreams. Popular attitudes during classical antiquity saw these readings as signs from the gods while modern scholars have treated such beliefs as primitive superstitions. In this book, Peter Str...
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Divination and human nature : a cognitive history of intuition in classical antiquity / Peter T. Struck.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index.
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G 2017/5741
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74VKVgyroOEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgyroOEb
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069116939X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691169392 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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133.3093
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991024148715302626
