From Myth to Reason?: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought Tapa dura - 1999

Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0198152345 . Light foxing to top of textblock else fine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 8.8 X 5.7 X 1.1 inches; 384 pages .

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. First printing. 8vo. 368 pp. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Oxford University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Like new/Very good. Like new hardcover black cloth on boards with gilt lettering to spine. Very good dust jacket with minor scuffing. 8vo. ( 5.7 x 1 x 8.5 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes list of abbreviations, bibliography and an index. 456 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. It has often been asserted that Greek civilization underwent a transition from myth to reason. But what does such an assertion mean? And how much truth is there in it? Were the Greeks special in having evolved 'our' sort of reason, or is that a mirage? In this book, some of the world's leading experts on Ancient Greek myth, religion, philosophy, and history reconsider these fundamental issues. Among the problems they explore are; intersections involving myth/philosophy, the history of the Mythos/Logos opposition; myth and reason in practice; logic(s) of myth; intersections involving myth/philosophy, myth/history, myth ethnography, and… Leer más

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