Listening to the Logos: Speech and the Coming of Wisdom in Ancient Greece

by Christopher Lyle Johnstone

An exploration of the role of language arts in forming and expressing wisdom from Homer to Aristotle

In Listening to the Logos, Christopher Lyle Johnstone provides an unprecedented comprehensive account of the relationship between speech and wisdom across almost four centuries of evolving ancient Greek thought and teachings--from the mythopoetic tradition of Homer and Hesiod to Aristotle's treatises.

Johnstone grounds...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570038546
• ISBN13: 9781570038549
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.0"