Evidence And Proof In Ancient Greece

Author : Chris Carey,Mike Edwards,Brenda Griffith-Williams
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527574847

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Evidence and Proof in Ancient Greece by Chris Carey,Mike Edwards,Brenda Griffith-Williams Pdf

Whether in the courts, Parliament or the pub, to persuade you need proof, be that argument- or evidence-based. But what counts as proof, and as satisfactory proof, varies from culture to culture and from context to context. This volume assembles a range of experts in ancient Greek literature to address the theme of proof from different angles and in the works of different authors and contexts. Much of the focus is on the Athenian orators, who discussed the nature and kinds of proof from at least the fourth century BC and are still the subject of lively debate. But demonstration through evidence and argument and the language of proof are not limited to the lawcourts. They have a place in other literary forms, prose and verse, including drama and historiography, and these too feature in the collection. The book will be of interest to students and professional scholars in the fields of Greek literature and law, and Greek social and political history.

Author : Joseph Roisman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118300954

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Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander by Joseph Roisman Pdf

With fresh, new translations and extensive introductions and annotations, this sourcebook provides an inclusive and integrated view of Greek history, from Homer to Alexander the Great. New translations of original sources are contextualized by insightful introductions and annotations Includes a range of literary, artistic and material evidence from the Homeric, Archaic and Classical Ages Focuses on important developments as well as specific themes to create an integrated perspective on the period Links the political and social history of the Greeks to their intellectual accomplishments Includes an up-to-date bibliography of seminal scholarship An accompanying website offers additional evidence and explanations, as well as links to useful online resources

Author : Karine Chemla
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139510585

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The History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient Traditions by Karine Chemla Pdf

This radical, profoundly scholarly book explores the purposes and nature of proof in a range of historical settings. It overturns the view that the first mathematical proofs were in Greek geometry and rested on the logical insights of Aristotle by showing how much of that view is an artefact of nineteenth-century historical scholarship. It documents the existence of proofs in ancient mathematical writings about numbers and shows that practitioners of mathematics in Mesopotamian, Chinese and Indian cultures knew how to prove the correctness of algorithms, which are much more prominent outside the limited range of surviving classical Greek texts that historians have taken as the paradigm of ancient mathematics. It opens the way to providing the first comprehensive, textually based history of proof.

Author : Pamela Bradley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0521796466

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Ancient Greece by Pamela Bradley Pdf

This book presents, in an innovative and effective way, a detailed coverage of Greek history from the period of colonisation through to the death of Alexander the Great. A prologue introduces the reader to the various types of source material used by historians, and wherever possible the most relevant examples of this - both written and archaeological - have been provided or referred to, giving the benefit of firsthand contact with the sources. The text would be used most effectively in conjunction with the most recent publication of the written sources. The book contains many photographs, maps and diagrams, and includes time lines, summaries, mapping exercises and study questions through which the reader comes to grip with the major issues. This is not only an excellent preparation for examinations in Ancient History, but also a very readable and entertaining account of the main periods in the history of ancient Greece.

Author : Nick Fisher,Hans van Wees
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781910589588

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Archaic Greece by Nick Fisher,Hans van Wees Pdf

The study of archaic Greece (c. 750-480 BC) is being transformed by exciting discoveries and interpretations. In fourteen original studies from a distinguished international cast, this book explores many aspects of a rapidly changing Greek world. Detailed re-interpretation of archaeological material reveals diversity in patterns of settlement, sanctuaries and burial practices, and shows motivations underlying the expanding exchange of goods and the settlement of new communities. Local studies of archaeology and iconography revise our image of the peculiarity of Spartan society and East Greek cult. Texts, from Homer and Hesiod to a newly-found poem of Simonides, are given fresh interpretations. And there are new studies of developments in maritime warfare, the roles of literacy and law-making in Crete, the emergence of a less violent Greek life-style, and the articulation of political thought.

Author : Dennis D. Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:630564818

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Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece by Dennis D. Hughes Pdf

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783986772901

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On the Heavens by Aristotle Pdf

On the Heavens Aristotle - On the Heavens is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise: written in 350 BC it contains his astronomical theory and his ideas on the concrete workings of the terrestrial world. This work is significant as one of the defining pillars of the Aristotelian worldview, a school of philosophy that dominated intellectual thinking for almost two millennia. Similarly, this work and others by Aristotle were important seminal works by which much of scholasticism was derived.

Author : Sophia Papaioannou,Andreas Serafim,Kyriakos Demetriou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110699708

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Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome by Sophia Papaioannou,Andreas Serafim,Kyriakos Demetriou Pdf

It is perhaps a truism to note that ancient religion and rhetoric were closely intertwined in Greek and Roman antiquity. Religion is embedded in socio-political, legal and cultural institutions and structures, while also being influenced, or even determined, by them. Rhetoric is used to address the divine, to invoke the gods, to talk about the sacred, to express piety and to articulate, refer to, recite or explain the meaning of hymns, oaths, prayers, oracles and other religious matters and processes. The 13 contributions to this volume explore themes and topics that most succinctly describe the firm interrelation between religion and rhetoric mostly in, but not exclusively focused on, Greek and Roman antiquity, offering new, interdisciplinary insights into a great variety of aspects, from identity construction and performance to legal/political practices and a broad analytical approach to transcultural ritualistic customs. The volume also offers perceptive insights into oriental (i.e. Egyptian magic) texts and Christian literature.

Author : Andreas Markantonatos,Vasileios Liotsakis,Andreas Serafim
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110751970

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Witnesses and Evidence in Ancient Greek Literature by Andreas Markantonatos,Vasileios Liotsakis,Andreas Serafim Pdf

The fact that aspects of witnesses and evidence put them in the centre of the institutional and cultural (e.g. religious, literary) construction of ancient societies indicates that it is important to keep offering nuanced approaches to the topic of this volume. To advance knowledge of the processes of presenting witnesses and gathering, or constructing, evidence is, in fact, to better and more fully understand the ways in which deliberative Athenian democracy functions, what the core elements of political life and civic identity are, and how they relate to the system of using logos to make decisions. For, witnesses and evidence were important prerequisites of getting the Athenian citizenship and exerting the civic/political identity as a member of the community. It is important, therefore, all the matters that relate to information-gathering and decision-making to be examined anew. Emphasis can be placed on a variety of genres to allow scholars recreate the fullest and clearest possible image about the witnessing and evidencing in antiquity. Chapters in this volume include considerations of social, political, literary, and moral theory, alongside studies of the impact of information-gathering and decision-making in oratory and drama, with a steady focus on the application of key ideas and values in social and political justice to issues of pressing ethical concern.

Author : Kevin Robb
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195363166

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Literacy and Paideia in Ancient Greece by Kevin Robb Pdf

This book examines the progress of literacy in ancient Greece from its origins in the eighth century to the fourth century B.C.E., when the major cultural institutions of Athens became totally dependent on alphabetic literacy. By introducing new evidence and re-evaluating the older evidence, Robb demonstrates that early Greek literacy can be understood only in terms of the rich oral culture that immediately preceded it, one that was dominated by the oral performance of epical verse, or "Homer." Only gradually did literate practices supersede oral habits and the oral way of life, forging alliances which now seem both bizarre and fascinating, but which were eminently successful, contributing to the "miracle" of Greece. In this book new light is brought to early Greek ethics, the rise of written law, the emergence of philosophy, and the final dominance of the Athenian philosophical schools in higher education.

Author : G. E. R. Lloyd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198705604

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The Ideals of Inquiry by G. E. R. Lloyd Pdf

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Author : John Van Antwerp Fine
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0674033140

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The Ancient Greeks by John Van Antwerp Fine Pdf

John Fine offers a major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to the rise of Alexander. Throughout he indicates the nature of the evidence on which our present knowledge is based, masterfully explaining the problems and pitfalls in interpreting ancient accounts.

Author : William Mure
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Greek language
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011237468

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A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece by William Mure Pdf

Author : Nigel Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136787997

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Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by Nigel Wilson Pdf

Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.

Author : Vasileios Adamidis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317168430

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Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens by Vasileios Adamidis Pdf

There has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings in classical Athens. Specifically, there is divergence regarding the extent to which judicial panels were influenced by non-legal considerations in addition to, or even instead of, questions of law. Ancient rhetorical theory and practice devoted much attention to character and it is this aspect of Athenian law which forms the focus of this book. Close analysis of the dispute-resolution passages in ancient Greek literature reveals striking similarities with the rhetoric of litigants in the Athenian courts and thus helps to shed light on the function of the courts and the fundamental nature of Athenian law. The widespread use of character evidence in every aspect of argumentation can be traced to the Greek ideas of ‘character’ and ‘personality’, the inductive method of reasoning, and the social, political and institutional structures of the ancient Greek polis. According to the author’s proposed method of interpretation, character evidence was not a means of diverting the jury’s attention away from the legal issues; instead, it was a constructive and relevant way of developing a legal argument.