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OverviewThis book demonstrates that we need not choose between seeing so-called Presocratic thinkers as rational philosophers or as religious sages. In particular, it rethinks fundamentally the emergence of systematic epistemology and reflection on speculative inquiry in Hesiod, Xenophanes and Parmenides. Shaul Tor argues that different forms of reasoning, and different models of divine disclosure, play equally integral, harmonious and mutually illuminating roles in early Greek epistemology. Throughout, the book relates these thinkers to their religious, literary and historical surroundings. It is thus also, and inseparably, a study of poetic inspiration, divination, mystery initiation, metempsychosis and other early Greek attitudes to the relations and interactions between mortal and divine. The engagements of early philosophers with such religious attitudes present us with complex combinations of criticisms and creative appropriations. Indeed, the early milestones of philosophical epistemology studied here themselves reflect an essentially theological enterprise and, as such, one aspect of Greek religion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Shaul Tor (King's College London)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.548kg ISBN: 9781009069847ISBN 10: 1009069845 Pages: 420 Publication Date: 22 July 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Rationality and irrationality, philosophy and religion; 2. Hesiodic epistemology; 3. Xenophanes on divine disclosure and mortal inquiry; Introduction to the chapters on Parmenides; 4. Why did Parmenides write Doxa?; 5. How could Parmenides have written AlĂȘtheia?; 6. Retrospect and prospect; Appendix: The trajectory of the kouros' journey and eschatological topography in Parmenides: some inconclusive remarks.ReviewsAuthor InformationShaul Tor is a Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy in the Departments of Classics and Philosophy at King's College London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |