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Marcel Detienne,Pierre Vidal-Naquet,Janet Lloyd
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Published by Zone Books 1999-12-01, 1999
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- Title
- Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece (Zone Books)
- Author
- Marcel Detienne,Pierre Vidal-Naquet,Janet Lloyd
- Publisher
- Zone Books 1999-12-01
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0942299868
- ISBN 13
- 9780942299861
The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece traces the odyssey of “truth,” Aletheia, from mythoreligious to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Marcel Detienne’s starting point is a simple observation: In archaic Greece, three figures ― the diviner, the bard, and the king ― all share the privilege of dispensing truth by virtue of the religious power of divine memory, which provides them with knowledge, both oracular and inspired, of the present, past, and future. Beginning with this definition of the prerational meaning of truth, Detienne proceeds to elaborate the complex conceptual and historical contexts from which emerges the philosophical notion of truth still influencing Western philosophy today.
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About the Author
Marcel Detienne is Professor of Classics at Johns Hopkins University. His other books include The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology, Dionysus at Large, The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the Greeks, and The Creation of Mythology.
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