The heavens and the earth : : Graeco-Roman, ancient Chinese, and mediaeval Islamic images of the world / / Vittorio Cotesta ; translated from the Italian by Kay Mc Carthy ; revised by Niall Mac Cárthaigh.

Vittorio Cotesta's The Heavens and the Earth traces the origin of the images of the world typical of the Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese and Medieval Islamic civilisations. Each of them had its own peculiar way of understanding the universe, life, death, society, power, humanity and its destiny....

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Superior document:International Comparative Social Studies ; Volume 52
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:International comparative social studies ; Volume 52.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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