The Discovery of the Mind in Greek Philosophy and Literature

Klappentext German classicist's monumental study of the origins of European thought in Greek literature and philosophy. Brilliant, widely influential. Includes "Homer's View of Man," "The Olympian Gods," and "Aristophanes and Aesthetic Criticism." Inhaltsverzeichnis TABLE OF CONTENTSTranslator's NoteIntroductionI Homer's View of Man2 The Olympian Gods3 The Rise of the Individual in the Early Greek Lyric4 Pindar's Hymn to Zeus5 Myth and Reality in Greek Tragedy6 Aristophanes and Aesthetic Criticism7 Human Knowledge and Divine Knowledge Amoung the Early Greeks8 The Call to Virtue: A Brief Chapter from Greek Ethics9 From Myth to Logic: The Role of the Comparison10 The Origin of Scientific Thought11 "The Discovery of Humanitas, and Our Attitude Toward the Greeks"12 Art and Play in Callimachus13 Arcadia: The Discovery of a Spiritual LandscapeNOTESINDEX

Product details

• Authors: Bob Snell, Bruno Snell
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2003
• EAN: 9780486242644
• ISBN: 978-0-486-24264-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophie des Geistes, Altes Griechenland