Philosophy before the Greeks: The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia
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Long before Greek philosophy emerged, scholars in ancient Babylonia developed rigorous ways of investigating the world and defining what could be known. Drawing on cuneiform texts, this intellectual history explores Babylonian approaches to language, divination, law, mathematics, and the interpretation of signs, revealing a coherent tradition of inquiry grounded in writing and systematic reasoning. It offers a major reappraisal of the origins of philosophy and invites readers to see ancient Mesopotamian thought not as a precursor to Greece, but as a sophisticated intellectual culture in its own right.
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hardcover
Oxford University Press
Published Oct 20, 2015
312 pages
ISBN: 9780691157184
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2015
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eng
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