TY - BOOK
T1 - The hatata inquiries
T2 - Two texts of seventeenth-century African philosophy from ethiopia about reason, the creator, and our ethical responsibilities
AU - Lee, Ralph
AU - Worku, Mehari
AU - Belcher, Wendy Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/11/20
Y1 - 2023/11/20
N2 - The Hatata Inquiries are two extraordinary texts of African philosophy composed in Ethiopia in the 1600s. Written in the ancient African language of Ge?ez (Classical Ethiopic), these explorations of meaning and reason are deeply considered works of rhetoric. They advocate for women's rights and rail against slavery. They offer ontological proofs for God and question biblical commands while delighting in the language of Psalms. They advise on right living. They put reason above belief, desire above asceticism, love above sectarianism, and the natural world above the human. They explore the nature of being as well as the nature of knowledge, the human, ethics, and the human relation with the divine. They are remarkable examples of something many assume doesn't exist: early written African thought.
AB - The Hatata Inquiries are two extraordinary texts of African philosophy composed in Ethiopia in the 1600s. Written in the ancient African language of Ge?ez (Classical Ethiopic), these explorations of meaning and reason are deeply considered works of rhetoric. They advocate for women's rights and rail against slavery. They offer ontological proofs for God and question biblical commands while delighting in the language of Psalms. They advise on right living. They put reason above belief, desire above asceticism, love above sectarianism, and the natural world above the human. They explore the nature of being as well as the nature of knowledge, the human, ethics, and the human relation with the divine. They are remarkable examples of something many assume doesn't exist: early written African thought.
KW - African autobiography
KW - African intellectual history
KW - African theology
KW - Ethiopian studies
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U2 - 10.1515/9783110781922
DO - 10.1515/9783110781922
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85179019840
SN - 9783110781878
BT - The hatata inquiries
PB - de Gruyter
ER -