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100			_aDetienne, Marcel _eAuthor
245			_aMasters of Truth in Archaic Greece
260			_bZone Books, _c1999 _aNew York :
300			_a231 p. : _c23 cm.
365			_b1199.00 _cINR _d00
504			_aThis translation originally published: 1996. Translation of: Maîtres de vérité dans la Grèce archaïque.
520			_aThe Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece traces the odyssey of "truth," Aletheia, from mythoreligious to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Marcel Detienne's starting point is a simple observation: In archaic Greece, three figures - the diviner, the bard, and the king - all share the privilege of dispensing truth by virtue of the religious power of divine memory which provides them with knowledge, both oracular and inspired, of the present, past, and future. Beginning with this definition of the prerational meaning of truth, Detienne proceeds to elaborate the complex conceptual and historical contexts from which emerges the philosophical notion of truth still influencing Western philosophy today.
650			_aTruth
650			_aMythology, Classical
650			_aMythology, Greek
650			_aPhilosophy, Ancient
650			_aGreece Religion
700			_aNaquet, Pierre Vidal _eAuthor of introduction
700			_aLloyd, Janet _eTranslator
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