Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology - A Study of Hesiod, Xenophanes and Parmenides

Informationen zum Autor Shaul Tor is a Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy in the Departments of Classics and Philosophy at King's College London. Klappentext This book rethinks the relations between reasoning and revelation and, therefore, the nature of philosophy and religion in archaic Greece. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Rationality and irrationality, philosophy and religion; 2. Hesiodic epistemology; 3. Xenophanes on divine disclosure and mortal inquiry; Introduction to the chapters on Parmenides; 4. Why did Parmenides write Doxa?; 5. How could Parmenides have written Alêtheia?; 6. Retrospect and prospect; Appendix: The trajectory of the kouros' journey and eschatological topography in Parmenides: some inconclusive remarks.

Product details

• Authors: Shaul Tor, Shaul (King's College London) Tor, Shaul (King''s College London) Tor
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781009069847
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0906984-7
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Ancient, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies