Divination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Religion & Spirituality
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Author: Lisa Raphals ISBN: 9781107289512
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: October 17, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Lisa Raphals
ISBN: 9781107289512
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 17, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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