{"product_id":"divination-and-human-nature-a-cognitive-history-of-intuition-in-classical-antiquity-9780691183459","title":"Divination and Human Nature: A Cognitive History of Intuition in Classical Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter T. Struck\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How could sophisticated thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics accept divination as a valid source of knowledge? In this fascinating book, Peter Struck shows how the ancients viewed divination as seriously as we view the idea of intuition, and he reveals a deep structure of interpretation still of interest today.\"\u003cb\u003e--David Konstan, author of \u003ci\u003eBeauty: The Fortunes of an Ancient Greek Idea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This wonderfully interesting book marshals a great deal of information about ancient philosophy in order to make the fascinating argument that what we call divination would have been familiar to ancient intellectuals under Greek terms that we now translate as 'intuition.' It is a major step forward in understanding the concept of divination in ancient Greece and Rome.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Iles Johnston, author of \u003ci\u003eAncient Greek Divination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A novel account of the concepts of intuition in the ancient world, this book is a remarkable study of how these concepts were clothed in the language of divination. Struck traces this history of divination-as-intuition through some of the most important surviving ancient texts on the subject. His tremendously stimulating book is replete with fresh insights and makes a significant contribution to the histories of ancient philosophy and religion.\"\u003cb\u003e--Phillip Horky, Durham University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083321893015,"sku":"9780691183459","price":4070.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691183459.webp?v=1767098691","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/divination-and-human-nature-a-cognitive-history-of-intuition-in-classical-antiquity-9780691183459","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}