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Battling the gods : (Record no. 103695)

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control field UkOxU
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20180620174714.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 150216s2016 enk 001 0 eng d
015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
National bibliography number GBB544906
Source bnb
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780571279302
Qualifying information hardback
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (Uk)017153716
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (StEdALDL)1/3298013
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency StDuBDS
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency StDuBDS
Modifying agency UkOxU
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 211.6
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Whitmarsh, Tim
9 (RLIN) 130391
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Battling the gods :
Remainder of title atheism in the ancient world /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Tim Whitmarsh.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture London :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Faber and Faber,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2016.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 290 pages ;
Dimensions 25 cm
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. How new is atheism? In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean to recover the stories of those who first refused the divinities. Long before the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world. But history is written by those who prevail, and the Age of Faith mostly suppressed the lively free-thinking voices of antiquity. Tim Whitmarsh brings to life the fascinating ideas of Diagoras of Melos, perhaps the first self-professed atheist; Democritus, the first materialist; and Epicurus and his followers. He shows how the early Christians came to define themselves against atheism, and so suppress the philosophy of disbelief. Battling the Gods is the first book on the origins of the secular values at the heart of the modern state. Authoritative and bold, provocative and humane, it reveals how atheism and doubt, far from being modern phenomena, have intrigued the human imagination for thousands of years.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Atheism
Geographic subdivision Greece
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 130392
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Humanism
Geographic subdivision Greece
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 130393
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Greece
General subdivision Religion.
9 (RLIN) 130394
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Greece
General subdivision Civilization
-- Roman influences.
9 (RLIN) 130395
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     General Collection Library Library 20/06/2018 4 6 211.6 WHI 000412549 26/09/2019 03/07/2019 20/06/2018 Loanable Book

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