Philosophy before the Greeks: The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia Paperback - 2017
by Van De Mieroop, Marc
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- Title Philosophy before the Greeks: The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia
- Author Van De Mieroop, Marc
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 312
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2017-02-28
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0691176353.G
- ISBN 9780691176352 / 0691176353
- Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.75 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Dewey Decimal Code 181.6
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"A landmark study by one of the leading scholars of cuneiform civilization, Philosophy Before the Greeks radically expands and deepens our understanding of the Babylonians' ways of conceiving and knowing the world. Transcending the hackneyed listing of Babylonian 'firsts' in world civilization, Marc Van De Mieroop gleans the epistemological substructure of Mesopotamian thought by delving deeply into the Babylonians' system of cuneiform writing, their practice of divining the future through omens in natural phenomena, and their creation of codes of law. The result is a brilliant and novel view on how the Babylonians both discovered and constructed the world around them."--Timothy Potts, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum
"Philosophy before the Greeks is a sophisticated, erudite, strikingly original, well-argued, and richly documented study that will stand alone in ancient Mesopotamian studies."--Benjamin Foster, Yale University
"Van De Mieroop has written a very stimulating book on an important subject that has been ignored for too long. Philosophy before the Greeks will reignite the debate over Babylonian philosophy and make it relevant to scholars beyond the confines of Assyriology."--John Steele, Brown University