Philosophy Before the Greeks: The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia
Marc van de MieroopThere is a growing recognition that philosophy isn't unique to the West, that it didn't begin only with the classical Greeks, and that Greek philosophy was influenced by Near Eastern traditions. Yet even today there is a widespread assumption that what came before the Greeks was "before philosophy." In Philosophy before the Greeks , Marc Van De Mieroop, an acclaimed historian of the ancient Near East, presents a groundbreaking argument that, for three millennia before the Greeks, one Near Eastern people had a rich and sophisticated tradition of philosophy fully worthy of the name.
年:
2017
出版商:
Princeton University Press
語言:
english
ISBN 10:
0691157189
ISBN 13:
9780691157184
文件:
EPUB, 1019 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2017