Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Copyright-Datum:
2016
Umfang:
viii, 297 Seiten
Anmerkung:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 257-289
ISBN:
978-0-691-15718-4 hardcover$falk. paper
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
An essay in Babylonian epistemologyAt the time of creation -- The order of things (les mots et les choses) -- Word lists: a very short history -- Constructing reality -- Writings of the gods -- Omen lists in Babylonian culture -- The structure of knowledge of the universe -- The word of the law -- Of ancient codes -- The philosopher-king -- A Babylonian epistemology -- Babylonian epistemology in history -- The conceptual autonomy of Babylonian epistemology.
