{"product_id":"the-wisdom-of-the-world-the-human-experience-of-the-universe-in-western-thought-paperback","title":"The Wisdom of the World: The Human Experience of the Universe in Western Thought - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRémi Brague\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better life. How this view of the world came to be, and how we lost it (or turned away from it) on the way to becoming modern, make for a fascinating story, told in a highly accessible manner by Rémi Brague in this wide-ranging cultural history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before the Greeks, people thought human action was required to maintain the order of the universe and so conducted rituals and sacrifices to renew and restore it. But beginning with the Hellenic Age, the universe came to be seen as existing quite apart from human action and possessing, therefore, a kind of wisdom that humanity did not. Wearing his remarkable erudition lightly, Brague traces the many ways this universal wisdom has been interpreted over the centuries, from the time of ancient Egypt to the modern era. Socratic and Muslim philosophers, Christian theologians and Jewish Kabbalists all believed that questions about the workings of the world and the meaning of life were closely intertwined and that an understanding of cosmology was crucial to making sense of human ethics. Exploring the fate of this concept in the modern day, Brague shows how modernity stripped the universe of its sacred and philosophical wisdom, transforming it into an ethically indifferent entity that no longer serves as a model for human morality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Encyclopedic and yet intimate, \u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of the World\u003c\/i\u003e offers the best sort of history: broad, learned, and completely compelling. Brague opens a window onto systems of thought radically different from our own.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better life. How this view of the world came to be, and how we lost it (or turned away from it) on the way to becoming modern, make for a fascinating story, told in a highly accessible manner by Remi Brague in this wide-ranging cultural history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore the Greeks, people thought human action was required to maintain the order of the universe and so conducted rituals and sacrifices to renew and restore it. But beginning with the Hellenic Age, the universe came to be seen as existing quite apart from human action and possessing, therefore, a kind of wisdom that humanity did not. Wearing his remarkable erudition lightly, Brague traces the many ways this universal wisdom has been interpreted over the centuries, from the time of ancient Egypt to the modern era. Socratic and Muslim philosophers, Christian theologians and Jewish Kabbalists all believed that questions about the workings of the world and the meaning of life were closely intertwined and that an understanding of cosmology was crucial to making sense of human ethics. Exploring the fate of this concept in the modern day, Brague shows how modernity stripped the universe of its sacred and philosophical wisdom, transforming it into an ethically indifferent entity that no longer serves as a model for human morality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncyclopedic and yet intimate, \u003ci\u003e The Wisdom of the World\u003c\/i\u003e offers the best sort of history: broad, learned, and completely compelling. Brague opens a window onto systems of thought radically different from our own.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better life. How this view of the world came to be, and how we lost it (or turned away from it) on the way to becoming modern, make for a fascinating story, told in a highly accessible manner by Rémi Brague in this wide-ranging cultural history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore the Greeks, people thought human action was required to maintain the order of the universe and so conducted rituals and sacrifices to renew and restore it. But beginning with the Hellenic Age, the universe came to be seen as existing quite apart from human action and possessing, therefore, a kind of wisdom that humanity did not. Wearing his remarkable erudition lightly, Brague traces the many ways this universal wisdom has been interpreted over the centuries, from the time of ancient Egypt to the modern era. Socratic and Muslim philosophers, Christian theologians and Jewish Kabbalists all believed that questions about the workings of the world and the meaning of life were closely intertwined and that an understanding of cosmology was crucial to making sense of human ethics. Exploring the fate of this concept in the modern day, Brague shows how modernity stripped the universe of its sacred and philosophical wisdom, transforming it into an ethically indifferent entity that no longer serves as a model for human morality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncyclopedic and yet intimate, \u003ci\u003e The Wisdom of the World\u003c\/i\u003e offers the best sort of history: broad, learned, and completely compelling. Brague opens a window onto systems of thought radically different from our own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRémi Brague\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of philosophy at the Université de Paris I-Sorbonne and at the University of Munich. He has also taught at Boston University. Brague is the author of four previous books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eEccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeresa Lavender Fagan\u003c\/b\u003e has translated more than a dozen books, including Jean-Claude Schmitt's \u003ci\u003eGhosts in the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e and Jean Bottéro et al.'s \u003ci\u003eAncestors of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.04 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039423434832,"sku":"9780226070773","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/clRWQVF4L0dSN3ZCYVhKaWVMMjNtQT09.webp?v=1771841517","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wisdom-of-the-world-the-human-experience-of-the-universe-in-western-thought-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}