The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece

by Marcel Detienne

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Zone Books

ISBN-10 0942299868

ISBN-13 9780942299861

Publisher Zone Books

Imprint Zone Books

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 12th, 1999

Print length 232 Pages

Weight 366 grams

Dimensions 15.30 x 22.70 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

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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.

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