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Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy - Karatani, Kojin
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In Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy-published originally in Japanese and now available in four languages-Kojin Karatani questions the idealization of ancient Athens as the source of philosophy and democracy by placing the origins instead in Ionia, a set of Greek colonies located in present-day Turkey. Contrasting Athenian democracy with Ionian isonomia-a system based on non-rule and a lack of social divisions whereby equality is realized through the freedom to immigrate-Karatani shows how early Greek thinkers from ...

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Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy 2017, Duke University Press

ISBN-13: 9780822369134

Trade paperback

Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy 2017, Duke University Press

ISBN-13: 9780822368854

Hardcover