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The Wisdom of the World: The Human Experience of the Universe in Western Thought
Remi Brague
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Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
When the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better life. How this view of the world came to be, and how we lost it (or turned away from it) on the way to becoming modern, make for a fascinating story, told in a highly accessible manner by R mi Brague in this wide-ranging cultural history. Before the Greeks, people thought human action was required to maintain the order of the ... Read more
When the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better life. How this view of the world came to be, and how we lost it (or turned away from it) on the way to becoming modern, make for a fascinating story, told in a highly accessible manner by R mi Brague in this wide-ranging cultural history. Before the Greeks, people thought human action was required to maintain the order of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
426 g
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226070773
SKU
V9780226070773
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About Remi Brague
Remi Brague is a professor of philosophy at the Universite de Paris I-Sorbonne and at the University of Munich. He has also taught at Boston University. Brague is the author of four previous books, including, most recently, Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization. Teresa Lavender Fagan has translated more than a dozen books, including Jean-Claude Schmitt's Ghosts in the ... Read more
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