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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: 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 myth/technology. Some contributors are more sceptical than others about whether the myth/reason polarity has any future as a tool for the understanding of Greek society - or any society. But what they all agree on is that a reconsideration of the Greek case can help us to clarify much broader debates, for example the debate about the cross-cultural viability (or not) of myth and reason/rationality.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: From Myth to Reason?
• Subtitle: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought
• Author: Richard Buxton
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9780199247523
• ISBN: 0199247528
• ID: 04530189
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 520 g
• Dimensions: 268 × 218 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. November 2001

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