| The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece Revised Edition Contributor(s): Vidal-Naquet, Pierre (Foreword by), Lloyd, Janet (Translator), Detienne, Marcel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0942299868 ISBN-13: 9780942299861 Publisher: Zone Books OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: foreword by Pierre Vidal-Naquet The acclaimed French classicist Marcel Detienne's first book traces the odyssey of "truth," "aletheia," from mytho-religious concept to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Detienne begins by examining how truth in Greek literature first emerges as an enigma. He then looks at the movement from a religious to a secular thinking about truth in the speech of the sophists and orators. His study culminates with an original interpretation of Parmenides' poem on Being. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 180 |
| Series: Zone Books |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lloyd, Janet: - Janet Lloyd is a translator and writer living in England.Vidal-Naquet, Pierre: - Pierre Vidal-Naquet is Director of Studies and Professor of Sociology at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. |