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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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.
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505 0 |a 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. 
505 0 |a Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I AN ESSAY IN BABYLONIAN EPISTEMOLOGY -- CHAPTER 1: At the Time of Creation -- PART II THE ORDER OF THINGS (LES MOTS ET LES CHOSES) -- CHAPTER 2: Word Lists: A Very Short History 
505 0 |a CHAPTER 3: Constructing Reality PART III WRITINGS OF THE GODS -- CHAPTER 4: Omen Lists in Babylonian Culture -- CHAPTER 5: The Structure of Knowledge of the Universe -- PART IV THE WORD OF THE LAW 
505 0 |a CHAPTER 6: Of Ancient Codes CHAPTER 7: The Philosopher-King -- PART V A BABYLONIAN EPISTEMOLOGY -- CHAPTER 8: Babylonian Epistemology in History 
505 0 |a CHAPTER 9: The Conceptual Autonomy of Babylonian Epistemology Notes -- Bibliography -- Index 
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