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Money and the Early Greek Mind Homer Philosophy Tragedy
Author | : Richard Seaford |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Money in literature |
ISBN | : OCLC:1419348648 |
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Money and the Early Greek Mind
Author | : Richard Seaford |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2004-03-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0521539927 |
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How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? In this book Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage, which produced the first ever thoroughly monetised society. By transforming social relations monetisation contributed to the ideas of the universe as an impersonal system, fundamental to Presocratic philosophy, and of the individual alienated from his own kin and from the gods, as found in tragedy.
Tragedy Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece
Author | : Richard Seaford |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 499 |
Release | : 2018-11-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107171718 |
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Reveals the shaping influence of money and ritual on Greek tragedy, the New Testament, Indian philosophy, and Wagner.
The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and India
Author | : Richard Seaford |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2019-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108499552 |
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Explains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.
Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind
Author | : Yulia Ustinova |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2009-02-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199548569 |
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A study of the way in which poets, priests, and sages sought for wisdom in ancient Greece by descending into caves or underground chambers. Yulia Ustinova offers a novel approach by juxtaposing ancient testimonies with the results of modern neuropsychological research.
The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy
Author | : A. A. Long |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1999-06-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521446678 |
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A 1999 Companion to Greek philosophy, invaluable for new readers, and for specialists.
Introducing the Ancient Greeks
Author | : Edith Hall |
Publsiher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2015-04-02 |
Genre | : Greece |
ISBN | : 9781847922588 |
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Who were the ancient Greeks? They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. But what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? The ancient Greeks were a geographically disparate people whose civilization lasted over twenty centuries - and that made us who we are today. And here Edith Hall gives us a revelatory way of viewing this scattered people, identifying ten unique personality traits that she shows to be unique and central to the widespread ancient Greeks. Hall introduces a people who are inquisitive, articulate and open-minded but also rebellious, individualistic, competitive and hedonistic. They prize excellence above all things but love to laugh. And, central to their identity, they are seafarers whose relationship with the sea underpins every aspect of their society. Expertly researched and elegantly told, this indispensable introduction unveils a civilization of incomparable richness and a people of astounding complexity.
Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind
Author | : Yulia Ustinova |
Publsiher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2009-02-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780191563423 |
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Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind analyses techniques of searching for ultimate wisdom in ancient Greece. The Greeks perceived mental experiences of exceptional intensity as resulting from divine intervention. They believed that to share in the immortals' knowledge, one had to liberate the soul from the burden of the mortal body by attaining an altered state of consciousness, that is, by merging with a superhuman being or through possession by a deity. These states were often attained by inspired mediums, `impresarios of the gods' - prophets, poets, and sages - who descended into caves or underground chambers. Yulia Ustinova juxtaposes ancient testimonies with the results of modern neuropsychological research. This novel approach enables an examination of religious phenomena not only from the outside, but also from the inside: it penetrates the consciousness of people who were engaged in the vision quest, and demonstrates that the darkness of the caves provided conditions vital for their activities.