The Edges Of The Earth In Ancient Thought
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Author | : James S. Romm |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2019-07-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691201706 |
For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.
Author | : James S. Romm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 1988 |
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Author | : James S. Romm |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1994-10-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780691037882 |
The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.
Author | : Thomas McEvilley |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 1015 |
Release | : 2012-02-07 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1581159331 |
Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today’s Western world must be considered the product of both Greek and Indian thought—Western and Eastern philosophies. Thomas McEvilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration currents allowed cultural philosophies to intermingle freely throughout India, Egypt, Greece, and the ancient Near East. This groundbreaking reference will stir relentless debate among philosophers, art historians, and students.
Author | : Elizabeth G. Price |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2024-04-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3111027201 |
When debating the need for prophets, Muslim theologians frequently cited an objection from a group called the Barāhima – either a prophet conveys what is in accordance with reason, so they would be superfluous, or a prophet conveys what is contrary to reason, so they would be rejected. The Barāhima did not recognise prophecy or revelation, because they claimed that reason alone could guide them on the right path. But who were these Barāhima exactly? Were they Brahmans, as their title would suggest? And how did they become associated with this highly incisive objection to prophecy? This book traces the genealogy of the Barāhima and explores their profound impact on the evolution of Islamic theology. It also charts the pivotal role that the Kitāb al-Zumurrud played in disseminating the Barāhima’s critiques and in facilitating an epistemological turn in the wider discourse on prophecy (nubuwwa). When faced with the Barāhima, theologians were not only pressed to explain why rational agents required the input of revelation, but to also identify an epistemic gap that only a prophet could fill. A debate about whether humans required prophets thus evolved into a debate about what humans could and could not know by their own means.
Author | : Matthew Boyd Goldie |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2010-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135272182 |
A study that uses critical theory to investigate the history of how people have thought about the antipodes - the places and people on the other side of the world - from ancient Greece to present-day literature and digital media.
Author | : Asa Simon Mittman |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781409407546 |
The field of monster studies has grown significantly over the past few years and this companion provides a comprehensive guide to the study of monsters and the monstrous from historical, regional and thematic perspectives. The collection reflects the truly multi-disciplinary nature of monster studies, bringing in scholars from literature, art history, religious studies, history, classics and cultural and media studies. The companion offers scholars and graduate students the first comprehensive and authoritative review of this emergent field.
Author | : Alberto Pérez-Gomez |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2007-07-10 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0773577408 |
Provocative views on why architecture matters offer vital information for developing a richer architecture.
Author | : John Block Friedman |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 758 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1351661329 |
First published in 2000, Trade, Travel, and Exploration: An Encyclopedia covers the people, places, technologies, and intellectual concepts that contributed to trade, travel and exploration during the Middle Ages, from the years C.E. 525 to 1492. This comprehensive reference work contains entries on a large number of subjects, including familiar topics such as the voyages of Columbus and Marco Polo, and also information that is more difficult to find, for example, the traditions of travel among Muslim women and the influence of Viking travel on navigation and geographical knowledge. Bringing together more than 175 scholars from a variety of disciplines, it minimizes Eurocentric bias and offers extensive coverage of such topics as travel within Inner Asia, Mongol society, and the spread of Buddhism. Including an extensive map program and more than 125 illustrations, as well as bibliographies, a comprehensive index and "see also" references, Medieval Trade, Travel, and Exploration is a valuable reference guide for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars and also the general reader.
Author | : Timothy P. Bridgman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2004-02-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135879788 |
In Greek mythology, Hyperboreans were a tribe who lived far to Greece's north. Contained in what has come down to us of Greek literary tradition are texts that identify the Hyperboreans with the Celts, or Hyperborean lands with Celtic ones. This groundbreaking book studies the texts that make or imply this identification, and provides reasons why some ancient Greek authors identified a mythical people with an actual one. Timothy P. Bridgman demonstrates not only that these authors mythologize history, but that they used the traditional Greek parallel mythical world to interpret history throughout ancient Greek culture, thought and literature.