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| #338144 in Books | Cornell University Press | 1984-09-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.27 x.45 x5.42l,.44 | File type: PDF | 144 pages | ||29 of 54 people found the following review helpful.| French Structuralism|By TammyJo Eckhart|If the title has meaning for you, then you know where this review is headed, if not it would be wise to learn a bit about various "schools of thought" that have developed in academia, especially in the area of Classics and History. A classic, this work attempts to find the origins of Greek thought through the reconstuction of mythology||"One of the most stimulating and thoughtful accounts of the invention of Greek philosophy by the Greeks. . . . A masterpiece of popular exposition, rich in information and insight."―Times Literary Supplement|From the Back Cover
Jean-Pierre Vernant's concise, brilliant essay on the origins of Greek thought relates the cultural achievement of the ancient Greeks to their physical and social environment and shows that what they believed in was inseparable from the way they lived. The emergence of rational thought, Vernant claims, is closely linked to the advent of the open-air politics that characterized life in the Greek polis. Vernant points out that when the focus of Mycenaean society gave way t...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Origins of Greek Thought | Jean-Pierre Vernant. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
