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Acheloios, Thales, and the Origin of Philosophy: A Response to the Neo-Marxians fundamentally changes our understanding of a pivotal moment in the history of mankind – the origin of the philosophical experience in 6th century Ionia. Through a careful analysis of the archaeological record, a close reading of hundreds of ancient sources, and a deep investigation into the various languages of our past, Nicholas Molinari demonstrates the importance of the influence of the cult of Acheloios on Thales; provides a critique of the Neo-Marxian prioritization of coined money and conflation of metaphysical cosmology and philosophy; and, most importantly, reintegrates beauty and love as philosophy’s ultimate source.

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Author:   Nicholas J. Molinari (Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Salve Regina University)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   0.822kg
ISBN:  

9781803270869

ISBN 10:   1803270861
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   12 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Abstract; Introduction; Part I: Concerning the Neo-Marxian School; Chapter 1: Marx to Sohn-Rethel: Dialectical Materialist Approaches to the Origin of Philosophy; Chapter 2: Richard Seaford’s Contribution; Part II: Concerning Thales and Acheloios; Chapter 3: Thales’ Principle: A Provisional Assessment; Chapter 4: The Emergence of Acheloios and Major Elements of His Cult; Part III: Concerning the Etymological and Archaeological Evidence; Chapter 5: The Etymology of hýdōr: Pure, Sacred Water; Chapter 6: The Physical Evidence; Part IV: Philosophos and Philomythos; Chapter 7: Philosophy Ex Nihilo?; Chapter 8: The Mythological Wellspring; Part V: Concerning the Thaletan-Acheloian Tradition; Chapter 9: Thales and Acheloios; Chapter 10: The Thaletan Tradition from Pythagoras to Empedokles; Part VI: Purification of Body and Soul: Sophokles and Plato; Chapter 11: Sophokles’ Trachiniae: The Interplay of Gods and Souls; Chapter 12: Acheloios as the Horizon for an Understanding of Being; Conclusion; The Sacrifice of Acheloios: A Response to the Neo-Marxians; Bibliography; General Index; Index Locorum

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Nicholas J. Molinari, PhD, is an academic librarian in Milford, Massachusetts and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. He is the author, with Dr Nicola Sisci, of ΠΟΤΑΜΙΚΟΝ: Sinews of Acheloios (Archaeopress, 2016), and general editor of KOINON: The International Journal of Classical Numismatics.

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