01976namaa2200409uu 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016006001900033007001500052008004100067020001800108020001800126024003100144040001700175041000800192042000700200072001500207720002300222245007400245260001600319300003100335336002600366337002600392338003600418490005800454506005100512520058500563536006001148540006301208546001201271650002001283653007201303720002601375720002601401720002301427856011601450doab90670oapen20260305123950.0m     o  d        cr|mn|---annan220803s2022    xx |||||o     ||| 0|eng d  a9789004500143  a97890045004337 a10.1163/97890045004332doi  aoapencoapen0 aeng  adc 7aHB2bicssc1 aWessels, A.B.4edt00aInventing Origins? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity  bBrillc2022  a1 online resource (228 p.)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aEuhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation0 aFree-to-readfUnrestricted online access2star  aAetiologies seem to gratify the human desire to understand the origin of a phenomenon. However, as this book demonstrates, aetiologies do not exclusively explore origins. Rather, in inventing origin stories they authorise the present and try to shape the future. This book explores aetiology as a tool for thinking, and draws attention to the paradoxical structure of origin stories. Aetiologies reduce complex ambivalence and plurality to plainly causal and temporal relations, but at the same time, by casting an anchor into the past, they open doors to progress and innovation.  aNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek  aAll rights reserveduhttp://oapen.org/content/about-rights  aEnglish 7aHistory2bicssc  aaetiological; Greek; Roman; Antiquity; etiologisch; Grieks; Romeins1 aKlooster, J.J.H.4edt1 aKlooster, J.J.H.4oth1 aWessels, A.B.4oth40uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/9067070zFree-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication