Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy

by Richard Seaford

Book Overview

How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? In this book Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage which produced the first ever thoroughly monetised society. By transforming social relations, monetisation contributed to the ideas of the universe as an impersonal system (presocratic philosophy) and of the individual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521539927
• ISBN13: 9780521539920
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"