The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece
The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece traces the odyssey of "truth," Aletheia, from mythoreligious to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Marcel Detienne's starting point is a simple observation: In archaic Greece, three figures - the diviner, the bard, and the king - all share the privilege of dispensing truth by virtue of the religious power of divine memory which provides them with knowledge, both oracular and inspired, of the present, past, and future. Beginning with this definition...
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The acclaimed French classicist Marcel Detienne's first book traces the odyssey of "truth," aletheia, from mytho-religious concept to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Detienne begins by examining how truth in Greek literature first emerges as an enigma. He then looks at the movement from a religious to a secular thinking about truth in the speech of the sophists and orators. His study culminates with an original interpretation of Parmenides' poem on Being.A Zone Book
Foreword7Preface to the American Edition15ITruth and Society35IIThe Memory of the Poet39IIIThe Old Man of the Sea53IVThe Ambiguity of Speech69VThe Process of Secularization89VIA Choice between Aletheia and Apate107VIIAmbiguity and Contradiction135Notes139Complementary Bibliography215Index219
