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by Eric R. Dodds


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In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our direct observation?" Praised by reviewers as "an event in modern Greek scholarship" and "a book which it would be difficult to over-praise," The Greeks and the Irrational was Volume 25 of the Sather Classical Lectures series.

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SOME YEARS ago I was in the British Museum looking at the Parthenon sculptures when a young man came up to me and said with a worried air, "I know it's an awful thing to confess, but this Greek stuff doesn't move me one bit."

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  • Title The Greeks and the Irrational
  • Author Eric R. Dodds
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 327
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-06-16
  • ISBN 9780520242302 / 0520242300
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.94 x 6.4 x 0.83 in (20.17 x 16.26 x 2.11 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Greece - Religion, Occultism - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 913.8
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