The siren and the sage : knowledge and wisdom in ancient Greece and China /

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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, 1947-
Otros Autores: Durrant, Stephen W., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Cassell, 2000.
Temas:
To 221 B.C.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Chinese literature > To 221 B.C. > History and criticism.
Comparative literature > Greek and Chinese.
Comparative literature > Chinese and Greek.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique.
Littérature chinoise > Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C. > Histoire et critique.
Philosophie ancienne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Chinese literature
Greek literature
Intellectual life
Philosophy, Ancient
Letterkunde.
Filosofie.
Oudheid.
Greece > Intellectual life.
China > Intellectual life.
Grèce > Vie intellectuelle.
Chine > Vie intellectuelle.
China
Greece
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 the second century BCE, including Homer's ""Odyssey"", the ancient Chinese ""Classic of Poetry"", Thucydides' ""History of the Peloponnesian War"", Sima Qian's ""Records of the Historian"", Plato's ""Symposium"", and Laozi's ""Dao de Jing and the writings of Zhuangzi"". The intention, through such jux.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 257 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-248) and index.
ISBN:1847141846
9781847141842

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