Philosophy before the Greeks : The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia

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 pra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Van de Mieroop, Marc (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Philosophy, Babylonian.
Knowledge, Theory of.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Eastern.
Theorie de la connaissance > Irak > Babylonie.
Philosophie babylonienne.
Knowledge, Theory of > Iraq > Babylonia.
Middle East > Babylonia.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9781400874118

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