The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece
Author | : Marcel Detienne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-13 | : 0942299868 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780942299861 |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece by : Marcel Detienne
Download or read book The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece written by Marcel Detienne and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed French classicist Marcel Detienne's first book traces the odyssey of "truth," aletheia, from mytho-religious concept to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Detienne begins by examining how truth in Greek literature first emerges as an enigma. He then looks at the movement from a religious to a secular thinking about truth in the speech of the sophists and orators. His study culminates with an original interpretation of Parmenides' poem on Being.