From Religion to Philosophy : A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation /

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In this exploration of the "very first utterance of philosophers," F.M. Cornford showed that the remarkable burst of abstract speculation among pre-Socratic thinkers of the sixth century B.C. emerged directly from the religious thought of the preceding era in Greece. Combining profound cla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cornford, Francis MacDonald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Philosophy, Ancient.
Mythology, Greek.
RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology.
Philosophie ancienne.
Mythologie grecque.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword / Ackerman, Robert
  • Preface
  • I. DESTINY AND LAW
  • II. THE ORIGIN OF MOIRA
  • III. NATURE, GOD, AND SOUL
  • IV. THE DATUM OF PHILOSOPHY
  • V. THE SCIENTIFIC TRADITION
  • VI. THE MYSTICAL TRADITION
  • Index of Citations
  • General Index

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