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Philosophy before the Greeks : the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia
- Title
- Philosophy before the Greeks : the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia / Marc Van De Mieroop.
- Author
- Van de Mieroop, Marc
- Publication
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- viii, 297 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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 description.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part I. An essay in Babylonian epistemology -- At the time of creation -- Part II. The order of things (les mots et les choses) -- Word lists : a very short history -- Constructing reality -- Part III. Writings of the gods -- Omen lists in Babylonian culture -- The structure of knowledge of the universe -- Part IV. The word of the law -- Of ancient codes -- The philosopher-king -- Part V. A Babylonian epistemology -- Babylonian epistemology in history -- The conceptual autonomy of Babylonian epistemology.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-7232
- ISBN
- 9780691157184
- 0691157189
- LCCN
- 2015017273
- OCLC
- 908084012
- Author
- Van de Mieroop, Marc, author.
- Title
- Philosophy before the Greeks : the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia / Marc Van De Mieroop.
- Publisher
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-7232