Science and Religion in Archaic Greece - Homer on Immortality and Parmenides at Delphi (Paperback)

How far has the Western intellect come since Homer and the earliest Greek philosophers? Nearly three millennia have passed and in our own eyes we have made enormous progress since those times, especially in the last five centuries. But this, of course, depends on our peculiar way of reading Homer and the first philosophers.We take it for granted that their knowledge of natural science was rudimentary, that it hardly qualified as science.But this book argues that Homer and Parmenides were accomplished astronomers, geographers, physiologists and psychologists. The book bases its argument on the detail of their works and on the testimony of ancient commentators. In the modern context this is a quite new way of reading Homer and Parmenides, but it is also a very old one. Over the last millennium the West has moved from a religion without a natural science to a natural science without a religion.The culture in our era which best united the sciences of nature with the spirit was the ancient Greek.This book considers two of its institutions, the Homeric Odyssey and the Delphic Oracle.

General

Imprint:	Sophia Perennis Et Universalis
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	September 2009
Authors:	Roger Sworder
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	306
ISBN-13:	978-1-59731-087-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
LSN:	1-59731-087-5
Barcode:	9781597310871

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