Myth as Source of Knowledge in Early Western Thought: The Quest for Historiography, Science and Philosophy in Greek Antiquity

by Harald Haarmann

The perception of intellectual life in Greek antiquity by the representatives of the European Enlightenment of the 18th century favoured the establishment of the cult of reason. Myth as a potential source of knowledge was disregarded: instead, the monopoly of truth-finding through pure rationalisation was asserted. This tendency, positing, as it did, reason in opposition to myth, did a signal disservice to the realities of intellectual life among...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3447103620
• ISBN13: 9783447103626
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.4"