The heavens and the earth: Graeco-Roman, ancient Chinese, and mediaeval Islamic images of the world

"Vittorio Cotesta's Eurasian Visions of the World traces the origin of the images of the world typical of the Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese and Medieval Islamic civilisations. Each of them had its own peculiar way of understanding the universe, life, death, society, power, humanity and its...

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Main Author: Cotesta, Vittorio 1944- (Author)
Contributors: McCarthy, Kay (Translator) ; Mac Cárthaigh, Niall (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2021]
In: International comparative social studies (volume 52)
Year: 2021
Series/Journal:International comparative social studies volume 52
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Greece (Antiquity) / Roman Empire / Islam / China / World view / History
Further subjects:B Islamic Philosophy
B Philosophy, Comparative
B Ancient Philosophy
B Philosophy, Chinese
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