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Ancient Philosophy : Textual Paths and Historical Explorations - Lorenzo Perilli

Ancient Philosophy

Textual Paths and Historical Explorations

By: Lorenzo Perilli (Editor), Daniela P. Taormina (Editor)

Hardcover | 7 December 2017 | Edition Number 1

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"We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece", the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley once wrote. And in no other domain of human knowledge as in philosophy, going back to the beginning is to reach the height. It is in Greek that the questions which shaped the destiny of Western culture were asked, and so were the first attempts at an answer, and the search for a method of investigation. This book tries to rediscover the propulsive force that for over two millennia spread, and still lives in our system of thought. By systematically quoting the very words of the leading actors, by tracing their sources, it leads the reader along a path where he will be able to observe the establishment of philosophical ideas and language, in an updated and balanced picture of archaic lore, of the thought of the classical and hellenistic ages, and of the philosophy of late antiquity. The book looks closely at the progress of scientific thought and at its increasing autonomy, while following the evolution of the fruitful yet problematic relationship between the Greek world and the Near Eastern countries.
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This book gives an excellent overview of the development of philosophy in the classical world. Perilli and Taormina have put together an innovative history of ancient philosophy.

Teun Tieleman, Utrecht University, Netherlands

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