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Why the Ancient Greeks Matter: The Problematic Miracle That Was Greece
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ISBN10: 1009505599
ISBN13: 9781009505598
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 6 2025
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.88 Depth: 8.67
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781009505598
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 6 2025
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.88 Depth: 8.67
Language: English
The ancient Greeks were exceptional and they were consequential. This innovative, engrossingly written book addresses head-on the problematic question of the Greek Miracle. It will appeal to anyone interested in the ancient world and its modern meaning. Reviel Netz boldly argues that the traditional understanding of the Greek legacy as a store of timeless values is false to the Greek literary canon itself. The latter is in fact made up of contradictory texts, sharing no common core of beliefs. This is precisely, for the author, the canon's significance: by presenting a system of works-in-polemic, it created a template for a culture of open debate, leading all the way down to modern civil society. The most lasting result of this practice of open discourse was in science, where Greek disputations paved the way for an autonomous scientific culture and opened the door both to the scientific revolution and the modern world.
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