Divination and prediction in early China and ancient Greece
Divination was an important and distinctive aspect of religion in both ancient China and ancient Greece, and this book will provide the first systematic account and analysis of the two side by side. Who practised divination in these cultures and who consulted it? What kind of questions did they ask,...
| Autres titres: | Divination & Prediction in Early China & Ancient Greece |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2013.
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| Dans: | Année: 2013 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
China
/ Grèce antique (Antiquité)
/ Divination
/ Histoire 1100 avant J.-C.-600
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Divination
Greece
B Divination China B Divination Greece B Divination ; Greece B Divination ; China B Divination (China) B Divination (Greece) B Divination China |
| Accès en ligne: |
Table des matières Quatrième de couverture Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | Divination was an important and distinctive aspect of religion in both ancient China and ancient Greece, and this book will provide the first systematic account and analysis of the two side by side. Who practised divination in these cultures and who consulted it? What kind of questions did they ask, and what methods were used to answer those questions? As well as these practical aspects, Lisa Raphals also examines divination as a subject of rhetorical and political narratives, and its role in the development of systematic philosophical and scientific inquiry. She explores too the important similarities, differences and synergies between Greek and Chinese divinatory systems, providing important comparative evidence to reassess Greek oracular divination. 1. Introduction -- 2. Sources -- 3. Theorizing divination -- 4. Practitioners -- 5. Methods -- 6. The questions -- 7. Consultors -- 8. Mantic narratives -- 9. Divination and systematic thought -- 10. Conclusions |
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| Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511863233 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511863233 |