Screen LibraryLogoi and muthoi : further essays in Greek philosophy and literature /
In 'Logoi and Muthoi', William Wians builds on his earlier volume 'Logos and Muthos' (ISBN 9781438427362), highlighting the richness and complexity of these terms that were once set firmly in opposition to one another as reason versus myth or rationality versus irrationality. It...
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State University of New York Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Albany, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy
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| Summary: |
In 'Logoi and Muthoi', William Wians builds on his earlier volume 'Logos and Muthos' (ISBN 9781438427362), highlighting the richness and complexity of these terms that were once set firmly in opposition to one another as reason versus myth or rationality versus irrationality. It was once common to think of intellectual history representing a straightforward progression from mythology to rationality. These volumes, however, demonstrate the value of taking the two together, opening up and analyzing a range of interactions, reactions, tensions, and ambiguities arising between literary and philo |
| Carrier Form: | x, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-353) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781438474892 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 143847489X (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9781438474885 (paperback) 1438474881 (paperback) 9781438474908 (electronic book) 1438474903 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | B178 |
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I545.062 B502 |
| Call Number: | B502/L832 |
| Contents: |
From logos and muthos to . . . / Xenia, hiketeia, and the Homeric language of morals : the origins of Western ethics / The muses' faithful servant : moral knowledge in Homer, Hesiod, and Xenophanes / How philosophy is rooted in tradition : stories describing the appearance of man and woman in ancient Greece / Muthos and logos on New Year's Day : trial and error in Anaximander's seasonal sundial / Tragic values in Homer and Sophocles / Sketches of Oedipus in Sophocles's play about ty |