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Siren and the Sage : Knowledge and Wisdom in Ancient Greece and China.

A comparative study of what the most influential writers of Ancient Greece and China thought it meant to have knowledge and whether they distinguished knowledge from other forms of wisdom. It surveys selected works of poetry, history and philosophy from the period of roughly the eighth through to th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shankman, Steven
Otros Autores: Durrant, Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Intimations of intentionality: the Classic of Poetry and the Odyssey; Part II: Before and after philosophy: Thucydides and Sima Qian; Part III: The philosopher, the sage, and the experience of participation; Afterwords; Bibliography; Index.