Truth and Falsehood in Mesopotamia and Greece: Similarities and Differences

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_19212
dc.contributor.author	Sironi Francesco
dc.contributor.author	Viano Maurizio
dc.title	Truth and Falsehood in Mesopotamia and Greece: Similarities and Differences
dc.type	Capitolo
dc.language.iso	en
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.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antichistica
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi orientali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-11-30
dc.dateAccepted	2024-03-04
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-11-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-776-0/truth-and-falsehood-in-mesopotamia-and-greece-simi/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-777-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-776-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Falsehood
dc.subject	Greek literature
dc.subject	Mesopotamian literature
dc.subject	Philosophy
dc.subject	Truth

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Truth and Falsehood in Mesopotamia and Greece: Similarities and Differences

Maurizio Viano Università degli Studi di Torino, Italia

Francesco Sironi Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia

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.

Pubblicato

30 Novembre 2023

Accettato

04 Marzo 2024

Presentato

07 Novembre 2023

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ISBN (PRINT)

978-88-6969-777-7

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-776-0

Keywords: Greek literature • Philosophy • Falsehood • Mesopotamian literature • Truth

Copyright: © 2023 Maurizio Viano, Francesco Sironi. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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