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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Transtextual Histories: History, Philosophy, and Intellectual Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2024

K. Scarlett Kingsley
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Agnes Scott College, Decatur
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Starting from the Solon-Croesus episode, this chapter argues that Herodotus’ inquiry establishes a horizon of expectation in which historical memory (through the narratives of Tellus and Cleobis and Biton) opens up a new space for philosophical knowledge. The second half of the chapter suggests that the Histories’ generic affiliation with history over philosophy is anachronistic in the fifth century BCE. It demonstrates that Herodotus was not interpreted as a historian in his own time and that "inquiry" and "love of wisdom" characterize the dynamic and highly experimental intellectual culture of this period.

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Herodotus and the Presocratics
Inquiry and Intellectual Culture in the Fifth Century BCE
, pp. 1 - 37
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Introduction
  • K. Scarlett Kingsley, Agnes Scott College, Decatur
  • Book: Herodotus and the Presocratics
  • Online publication: 07 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009338530.002
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  • Introduction
  • K. Scarlett Kingsley, Agnes Scott College, Decatur
  • Book: Herodotus and the Presocratics
  • Online publication: 07 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009338530.002
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  • Introduction
  • K. Scarlett Kingsley, Agnes Scott College, Decatur
  • Book: Herodotus and the Presocratics
  • Online publication: 07 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009338530.002
Available formats
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