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The Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
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Loot Price R467
Discovery Miles 4 670
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At the forefront of the medieval wisdom tradition was The Dicts and
Sayings of the Philosophers, a long prose text that purports to be
a compendium of lore collected from biblical, classical, and
legendary philosophers and sages. Dicts and Sayings was a
well-known work that traveled across many lands and was translated
into many languages. It became popular in England in the fifteenth
century, and cemented its place in English literary history on 18
November 1477, when William Caxton printed an edition of Dicts and
Sayings that was perhaps the first book ever printed in England.
Dicts and Sayings is presented as a series of truisms handed down
from a wise speaker to a receptive audience. The text introduces
its audience to a long series of eminent wise men, with each
philosopher's words of wisdom being preceded by a biographical
story that ranges from a few words to several manuscript pages.
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