Philosophy, Classical Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23639127 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Napolitano (University of Verona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah04260 |
| OpenAlex | W1579642166 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The term philosophia emerges from a testimony about Pythagoras, who, after reaching the Egyptians and becoming their disciple, allegedly brought back to the Greeks, “first among men, the study of every kind of philosophy ” (DK 14 A 4) – a study he interpreted religiously. This eastern origin has been the object of a long and yet unresolved argument: it is, however, likely that a transplant of such knowledge into Greece entailed a wholly new interpretation.
Ancient Greece · Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Greeks · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Term (time) · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Medicine · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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