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Capitolo | Truth and Falsehood in Mesopotamia and Greece: Similarities and Differences
Truth and Falsehood in Mesopotamia and Greece: Similarities and Differences
Abstract
This article explores the meaning and boundaries of the conception of truth in Mesopotamia and Greece. The two cultures show similarities and differences, but Mesopotamian scholarship never developed a concept of truth as conformity to ‘what is’. On the contrary, Greek philosophy separated truth and falsehood in epistemological and ontological terms.
Presentato: 07 Novembre 2023 | Accettato: 04 Marzo 2024 | Pubblicato 09 Luglio 2024 | Lingua: en
Keywords Truth • Greek literature • Falsehood • Philosophy • Mesopotamian literature
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- Introduction
- Francesco Sironi, Maurizio Viano
- 09 Luglio 2024
Section 1. Wisdom and Knowledge
- An Epistemological Perspective on the Mesopotamian Wisdom Tradition
- Giorgio Buccellati
- 09 Luglio 2024
- Astronomy, Ṭupšarrūtu, and Knowledge in the Cuneiform World
- Francesca Rochberg
- 09 Luglio 2024
- Truth and Falsehood in Mesopotamia and Greece: Similarities and Differences
- Francesco Sironi, Maurizio Viano
- 09 Luglio 2024
Section 2. Sages and Practitioners
- Wise Man and Poet in Ancient Greece: Features and Overlaps
- Massimiliano Ornaghi
- 09 Luglio 2024
- King, Sage, Scribe, and Priest: Seleucid Uruk and Jerusalem in Perspective
- Stephanié Anthonioz
- 09 Luglio 2024
- Female Advisors Between East and West
- Jakub Kuciak, Sebastian Fink
- 09 Luglio 2024
- The Rational Roots of Medical Science Between Greece and Egypt
- Nicola Reggiani
- 09 Luglio 2024
- Dance in Hittite Culture: Choreography and Setting
- Stefano de Martino
- 09 Luglio 2024
Section 3. Literature and Wisdom Traditions
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The Limit of Transmission
Babylonian Wisdom Literature and Wisdom in Non-cuneiform Literatures - Yoram Cohen
- 09 Luglio 2024
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From Dialogue to Debate
Argumentative and Epic Discourse in Mesopotamian Literature Between II and I Millennium BCE - Simonetta Ponchia
- 09 Luglio 2024
- Sumerian Proverbs as Wisdom Literature
- Niek Veldhuis
- 09 Luglio 2024
- Proverbs and Wisdom Traditions in Archaic Greek Culture
- Andrea Ercolani
- 09 Luglio 2024
- Proverbs and Gnōmai in the Epic of Gilgamesh
- Bernardo Ballesteros
- 09 Luglio 2024
- Law, Morality, and Subversion in Sumerian Prose Miniatures
- Jana Matuszak
- 09 Luglio 2024
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ECF_chapter_19212 |
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dc.contributor.author |
Sironi Francesco |
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dc.contributor.author |
Viano Maurizio |
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dc.title |
Truth and Falsehood in Mesopotamia and Greece: Similarities and Differences |
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dc.type |
Capitolo |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.description.abstract |
This article explores the meaning and boundaries of the conception of truth in Mesopotamia and Greece. The two cultures show similarities and differences, but Mesopotamian scholarship never developed a concept of truth as conformity to ‘what is’. On the contrary, Greek philosophy separated truth and falsehood in epistemological and ontological terms. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Antichistica |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Studi orientali |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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dc.issued |
2024-07-09 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2024-03-04 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2023-11-07 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-776-0/truth-and-falsehood-in-mesopotamia-and-greece-simi/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/978-88-6969-776-0/003 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2610-8828 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2610-9344 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
978-88-6969-777-7 |
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dc.identifier.eisbn |
978-88-6969-776-0 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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open |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Falsehood |
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dc.subject |
Greek literature |
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dc.subject |
Mesopotamian literature |
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dc.subject |
Philosophy |
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dc.subject |
Truth |
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