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Herodotus and the Presocratics : inquiry and intellectual culture in the fifth century BCE / K. Scarlett Kingsley

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 258 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781009338530
Other title:
  • Inquiry and intellectual culture in the fifth century BCE
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781009338547. | 9781009338509. | Erscheint auch als: Herodotus and the Presocratics. Druck-Ausgabe Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024DDC classification:
  • 938.007202 23/eng/20230812
LOC classification:
  • D56.52.H45
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Contents:
Transtextual Histories: History, Philosophy, and Intellectual Culture -- Relativism, King of All -- The Pull of Tradition: Egoism and Persian Revolution -- History peri physeos physis on the battlefield -- Historical Inquiry and Presocratic Epistemology -- Herodotean Philosophy.
Summary: "Explores Herodotus' Histories in dialogue with contemporary philosophical debates. Combining close readings, reader reception, and genre studies, it expands our understanding of Herodotus' context and restores the Histories' place in Presocratic thought. In addition, the book elucidates philosophy's subsequent engagement with Herodotus' Histories"--PPN: PPN: 1922680354Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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