Wisdom in the Ancient World Curnow Trevor Paperback
Wisdom in the Ancient World Curnow Trevor Paperback 'But where shall wisdom be found?' asked Job, and from across the ancient world came many different replies. For others, wisdom was something far…
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Wisdom in the Ancient World Curnow Trevor Paperback
'But where shall wisdom be found?' asked Job, and from across the ancient world came many different replies. For others, wisdom was something far more human, manifested in a number of different possible ways. Some conceived of wisdom in supernatural personified form and answered the question in appropriate terms.
However understood, wisdom was highly prized across the ancient world and throughout ancient history. For many philosophers, on the other hand, it was simply the highest human intellectual attainment possible. To the extent to which there was a shared ancient culture, wisdom lay at the heart of it.
However, the modern study of the subject has been very fragmented. Old Testament scholars, theologians, historians of philosophy, Egyptologists, Assyriologists, classicists and historians of ideas have all taken an interest, but there has been limited communication and
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