Philosophy before the Greeks
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-17635-2 (ISBN)
Van De Mieroop uncovers Babylonian approaches to knowledge in three areas: the study of language, which in its analysis of the written word formed the basis of all logic; the art of divination, which interpreted communications between gods and humans; and the rules of law, which confirmed that royal justice was founded on truth. The result is an innovative intellectual history of the ancient Near Eastern world during the many centuries in which Babylonian philosophers inspired scholars throughout the region--until the first millennium BC, when the breakdown of this cosmopolitan system enabled others, including the Greeks, to develop alternative methods of philosophical reasoning.
Marc Van De Mieroop is professor of history at Columbia University. His books include The Ancient Mesopotamian City, King Hammurabi of Babylon, A History of the Ancient Near East, The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II, and A History of Ancient Egypt.
Preface vii PART I AN ESSAY IN BABYLONIAN EPISTEMOLOGY Chapter 1: At the Time of Creation 3 PART II THE ORDER OF THINGS (LES MOTS ET LES CHOSES) Chapter 2: Word Lists: A Very Short History 35 Chapter 3: Constructing Reality 59 PART III WRITINGS OF THE GODS Chapter 4: Omen Lists in Babylonian Culture 87 Chapter 5: The Structure of Knowledge of the Universe 113 PART IV THE WORD OF THE LAW Chapter 6: Of Ancient Codes 143 Chapter 7: The Philosopher-King 156 PART V A BABYLONIAN EPISTEMOLOGY Chapter 8: Babylonian Epistemology in History 185 Chapter 9: The Conceptual Autonomy of Babylonian Epistemology 216 Notes 225 Bibliography 257 Index 291
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2017 |
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Verlagsort | New Jersey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
ISBN-10 | 0-691-17635-3 / 0691176353 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-17635-2 / 9780691176352 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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