Animals and Divination

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dc.contributor.authorStruck, Peter T
dc.contributor.authorStruck, Peter T
dc.date2023-05-17T19:10:24.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T13:03:16Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T13:03:16Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-01
dc.date.submitted2017-12-21T11:01:35-08:00
dc.description.abstractThis chapter examines the role of animals in divination in ancient times. It discusses ancient observers' interpretaion of signs coming from instinctive animal behaviour and from the structure of animal body parts. It explains the three main currents of philosophical thought on divination. Plato and Aristotle believed the divinatory insights to be tied with animal instinct and belong to a fringe form of cognition that is specifically connected with humans' animal natures. On the other hand, the Stoics considered divination as an important piece of their understanding of the cosmos as a whole, and of humans as part of it.
dc.identifier.citation<p>Struck, P.T. (2014). Animals and Divination. In Campbell, G.L. (Ed.), <em>The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life</em>. Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589425.013.019</p>
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/8062
dc.legacy.articleid1186
dc.legacy.fields10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589425.013.019
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1186&amp;context=classics_papers&amp;unstamped=1
dc.rights<p>Animals and Divination. In <em>The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life</em>, edited by Campbell, G.L., 2014, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589425.013.019" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589425.013.019</a></p>
dc.source.issue179
dc.source.journalDepartmental Papers (Classical Studies)
dc.source.journaltitleThe Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subject.otheranimals in divination
dc.subject.otherancient times
dc.subject.otherinterpretation of signs
dc.subject.otheranimal behaviour
dc.subject.otheranimal body parts
dc.subject.otherPlato
dc.subject.otherAristotle
dc.subject.otherStoics
dc.subject.otherdivinatory insights
dc.subject.otherform of cognition
dc.subject.otherAncient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity
dc.subject.otherAncient Philosophy
dc.subject.otherArts and Humanities
dc.subject.otherClassics
dc.titleAnimals and Divination
dc.typeBook Chapter
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