| Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology: A Study of Hesiod, Xenophanes and Parmenides Contributor(s): Tor, Shaul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107028167 ISBN-13: 9781107028166 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 182 |
| LCCN: 2017039153 |
| Series: Cambridge Classical Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.47" W x 9" (1.41 lbs) 418 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book demonstrates that we need not choose between seeing so-called Presocratic thinkers as rational philosophers or as religious sages. In particular, it rethinks fundamentally the emergence of systematic epistemology and reflection on speculative inquiry in Hesiod, Xenophanes and Parmenides. Shaul Tor argues that different forms of reasoning, and different models of divine disclosure, play equally integral, harmonious and mutually illuminating roles in early Greek epistemology. Throughout, the book relates these thinkers to their religious, literary and historical surroundings. It is thus also, and inseparably, a study of poetic inspiration, divination, mystery initiation, metempsychosis and other early Greek attitudes to the relations and interactions between mortal and divine. The engagements of early philosophers with such religious attitudes present us with complex combinations of criticisms and creative appropriations. Indeed, the early milestones of philosophical epistemology studied here themselves reflect an essentially theological enterprise and, as such, one aspect of Greek religion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tor, Shaul: - Shaul Tor is a Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy in the Departments of Classics and Philosophy at King's College London. |