The origins of Greek thought / Jean-Pierre Vernant ; translated from the French
1982, First Edition. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #449120
ISBN: 0416343104
Physical description; 144 pages ; 21 cm. Originally published in France as "Les origines de la pensée grecque" by Presses Universitaires de France, 1962. Translated from the French. Contents; The historical background -- Mycenaen royalty -- The crisis of sovereignty -- The spiritual universe of the polis -- The crisis of the city: the earliest stages -- The structure of the human cosmos -- Cosmogonies and myths of sovereignty -- The new image of the world. Subjects; Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophy, Ancient History. Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. Greece Intellectual life. Civilization, Greek.
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