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Author Raphals, Lisa Ann, 1951-

Title Divination and prediction in early China and ancient Greece / Lisa Raphals.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (500 pages) : illustrations, maps
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Sources; 3. Theorizing divination; 4. Practitioners; 5. Methods; 6. The questions; 7. Consultors; 8. Mantic narratives; 9. Divination and systematic thought; 10. Conclusions; 11. Glossary; 12. Appendices.
Summary "Divination was an important and distinctive aspect of religion in both ancient China and ancient Greece, and this book will provide the first systematic account and analysis of the two side by side. Who practised divination in these cultures and who consulted it? What kind of questions did they ask, and what methods were used to answer those questions? As well as these practical aspects, Lisa Raphals also examines divination as a subject of rhetorical and political narratives, and its role in the development of systematic philosophical and scientific inquiry. She explores too the important similarities, differences and synergies between Greek and Chinese divinatory systems, providing important comparative evidence to reassess Greek oracular divination"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Divination -- China.
Divination -- Greece.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Raphals, Lisa Ann. Divination and prediction in early China and ancient Greece. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 xxviii, 470 pages 9781107010758 (DLC) 2012036781
ISBN 9781107010758
9781107290105 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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