{"product_id":"criteria-of-truth","title":"Criteria of Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmidst conflicting information and personal experiences, how can someone distinguish between truth and falsehood? \u003ci\u003eCriteria of Truth: Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e tackles this fundamental question through a study of five Hellenistic poems dated to the third and second centuries BCE: Aratus's \u003ci\u003ePhaenomena,\u003c\/i\u003e Nicander's \u003ci\u003eTheriaca,\u003c\/i\u003e Callimachus's \u003ci\u003eAetia,\u003c\/i\u003e Apollonius of Rhodes's \u003ci\u003eArgonautica,\u003c\/i\u003e and Lycophron's \u003ci\u003eAlexandra\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSituating these poetic works in their intellectual and literary milieu, Kathleen Kidder applies the philosophic concept of the criterion of truth, arguing that each poetic persona represents a different criterion for interrogating truth and falsehood. Moreover, by analyzing the poems' allusions, myths, and poetic language, Kidder demonstrates how this poetry can encapsulate the tensions not only between truth and falsehood, but also between order and chaos, certainty and doubt, clarity and obscurity, seen and unseen, and being and seeming.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathleen Kidder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42849074937917,"sku":"9780674292420","price":39.56,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780674292420.jpg?v=1766902596","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/criteria-of-truth","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}