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From Myth to Reason? - Studies in the Development of Greek Thought (Hardcover)
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From Myth to Reason? - Studies in the Development of Greek Thought (Hardcover)
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It has often been asserted that Greek civilization underwent a
transition from myth to reason. But what does such an assertion
mean? And how much truth is there in it? Were the Greeks special in
having evolved our sort of reason, or is that a mirage? In this
book, some of the world's leading experts on ancient Greek myth,
religion, philosophy, and history reconsider these fundamental
issues. Among the problems they explore are: the history of the
Mythos/Logos opposition; myth and reason in practice; logic(s) of
myth; intersections involving myth/philosophy, myth/history,
myth/ethnography, and myth/technology. Some contributors are more
sceptical than others about whether the myth/reason polarity has
any future as a tool for the understanding of Greek society - or
any society. But what they all agree on is that a reconsideration
of the Greek case can help us to clarify much broader debates, for
example the debate about the cross-cultural viability (or not) of
myth and reason/rationality.
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