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024	7		_a10.1163/9789004500433 _2doi
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041	0		_aeng
042			_adc
072		7	_aHB _2bicssc
720	1		_aWessels, A.B. _4edt
245	0	0	_aInventing Origins? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity
260			_bBrill _c2022
300			_a1 online resource (228 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aEuhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation
506	0		_aFree-to-read _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_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.
536			_aNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
540			_aAll rights reserved _uhttp://oapen.org/content/about-rights
546			_aEnglish
650		7	_aHistory _2bicssc
653			_aaetiological; Greek; Roman; Antiquity; etiologisch; Grieks; Romeins
720	1		_aKlooster, J.J.H. _4edt
720	1		_aKlooster, J.J.H. _4oth
720	1		_aWessels, A.B. _4oth
793	0		_aDOAB Library.
856	4	0	_uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90670 _70 _zFree-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication
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