Philosophy before the Greeks

Philosophy before the Greeks: the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia

by Van de Mieroop, Marc

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"In this intellectual history, historian of the ancient Near East Marc Van de Mieroop argues that, for three millennia preceding the Greeks, there were Babylonian philosophers who systematically studied knowledge about language, divination, and the law using a coherent system of logic rooted in practices of cuneiform script."

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  • Full title :Philosophy before the Greeks : the pursuit of truth in ancient Babylonia / Marc Van De Mieroop.

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"In this intellectual history, historian of the ancient Near East Marc Van de Mieroop argues that, for three millennia preceding the Greeks, there were Babylonian philosophers who systematically studied knowledge about language, divination, and the law using a coherent system of logic rooted in practices of cuneiform script."

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  • Publication Date:©2016

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The Physical Object

  • Description:VIII, 297 pagina's : : facsimile ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780691157184, 0691157189
  • oclc:ocn945515783
  • LC Classification:B146
  • Dewey Decimal:181/.6

Table of Contents

Part I. An essay in Babylonian epistemology -- Part II. The order of things (les mots et les choses) -- Part III. Writings of the gods -- Part IV. The word of the law -- Part V.A Babylonian epistemology.

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Subjects

Assyria, Babylonia, Mesopotamia History of philosophy Knowledge, Theory of Knowledge, Theory of -- Iraq Middle East -- Babylonia Philosophie babylonienne Philosophy, Babylonian Théorie de la connaissance -- Irak Theory of knowledge

Writers

Van de Mieroop, Marc

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