{"product_id":"herodotus-and-the-presocratics-inquiry-and-intellectual-culture-in-the-fifth-century-bce-hardback-9781009338547","title":"Herodotus and the Presocratics; Inquiry and Intellectual Culture in the Fifth Century BCE (Hardback) 9781009338547","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHerodotus and the Presocratics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInquiry and Intellectual Culture in the Fifth Century BCE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlaces Herodotus' Histories in dialogue with Presocratic thought and explores their reception in later philosophical culture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eK. Scarlett Kingsley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009338547, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Kingsley's work is an important and necessary contribution to understanding Herodotus. … this erudite, thorough and thoughtful account is a welcome addition to Herodotus scholarship, and it persuasively and substantively makes its major claim: that Herodotus, the father of history, is a philosophic thinker in his own right.' Lindsay Mahon Rathnam, The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHerodotus' Histories was composed well before the genre of Greek historiography emerged as a distinct narrative enterprise. This book explores it within its fifth-century context alongside the extant fragments of Presocratic treatises as well as philosophizing tragedy and comedy. It argues for the Histories' competitive engagement with contemporary intellectual culture and demonstrates its ambition as an experimental prose work, tracing its responses to key debates on relativism, human nature, and epistemology. In addition to expanding the intellectual milieu of which the Histories is a part and restoring its place in Presocratic thought, K. Scarlett Kingsley elucidates fourth-century philosophy's subsequent engagement with the work. In doing so, she contributes to a revision of the sharp separation between the ancient genres of philosophy and history. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: transtextual histories: history, philosophy, and intellectual culture\u003cbr\u003e 2. Relativism, king of all\u003cbr\u003e 3. The pull of tradition: egoism and Persian revolution\u003cbr\u003e 4. History peri physeos\u003cbr\u003e 5. Physis on the battlefield\u003cbr\u003e 6. Historical inquiry and presocratic epistemology\u003cbr\u003e 7. Herodotean philosophy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507358167320,"sku":"9781009338547","price":71.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009338547i.jpg?v=1786445007","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/herodotus-and-the-presocratics-inquiry-and-intellectual-culture-in-the-fifth-century-bce-hardback-9781009338547","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}