Embodiment and Body Knowledge in the Ancient World. For the ancient Greeks, existence and embodiment where virtually indistinguishable, and closely linked to knowledge. These linkages are found at the level where language operated. Special embodiments, like that of the Sirens and Centaurs, implied special knowledge. Greek medicine, though constr...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Garrison, Daniel H.
Created:
2009-02-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Embodiment and Body Knowledge in the Ancient World. For the ancient Greeks, existence and embodiment where virtually indistinguishable, and closely linked to knowledge. These linkages are found at the level where language operated. Special embodiments, like that of the Sirens and Centaurs, implied special knowledge. Greek medicine, though constr...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Garrison, Daniel H.
Created:
2009-02-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.