02891nam 22006132 450 991046273300332120151005020621.01-139-88839-01-107-28951-31-107-28905-X1-107-29394-41-107-29115-11-107-29010-40-511-86323-3(CKB)2670000000433727(EBL)1303612(OCoLC)862077079(SSID)ssj0000999482(PQKBManifestationID)12472662(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999482(PQKBWorkID)10943916(PQKB)11499096(UkCbUP)CR9780511863233(MiAaPQ)EBC1303612(Au-PeEL)EBL1303612(CaPaEBR)ebr10795336(EXLCZ)99267000000043372720101111d2013|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDivination and prediction in early China and ancient Greece /Lisa Raphals[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2013.1 online resource (xxviii, 470 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-01075-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Sources -- 3. Theorizing divination -- 4. Practitioners -- 5. Methods -- 6. The questions -- 7. Consultors -- 8. Mantic narratives -- 9. Divination and systematic thought -- 10. Conclusions.Divination was an important and distinctive aspect of religion in both ancient China and ancient Greece, and this book will provide the first systematic account and analysis of the two side by side. Who practised divination in these cultures and who consulted it? What kind of questions did they ask, and what methods were used to answer those questions? As well as these practical aspects, Lisa Raphals also examines divination as a subject of rhetorical and political narratives, and its role in the development of systematic philosophical and scientific inquiry. She explores too the important similarities, differences and synergies between Greek and Chinese divinatory systems, providing important comparative evidence to reassess Greek oracular divination.Divination & Prediction in Early China & Ancient GreeceDivinationChinaDivinationGreeceDivinationDivination292.3/2Raphals Lisa Ann1951-1026708UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910462733003321Divination and prediction in early China and ancient Greece2441778UNINA