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The good, the bad, and the beautiful : discourse about values in Yoruba culture / Barry Hallen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2000.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253108470
  • 0253108470
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Good, the bad, and the beautiful.DDC classification:
  • 305.896/333 21
LOC classification:
  • DT515.45.Y67 H36 2000eb
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation -- 1. Ordinary Language and African Philosophy -- 2. Moral Epistemology -- 3. Me, My Self, and My Destiny -- 4. The Good and the Bad -- 5. The Beautiful -- 6. Rationality, Individuality, Secularity, and the Proverbial -- Appendix of Yoruba-Language Quotations -- Glossary of Yoruba Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Summary: Hallen asks the Yoruba onisegun - the wisest and most accomplished herbalists or traditional healers - what it means to be good and beautiful. The onisegun explain the subtleties and intricacies of Yoruba language use and philosophy behind particular word choices. Their instructions reveal the depth of Yoruba aesthetics and ethics.
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Hallen asks the Yoruba onisegun - the wisest and most accomplished herbalists or traditional healers - what it means to be good and beautiful. The onisegun explain the subtleties and intricacies of Yoruba language use and philosophy behind particular word choices. Their instructions reveal the depth of Yoruba aesthetics and ethics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation -- 1. Ordinary Language and African Philosophy -- 2. Moral Epistemology -- 3. Me, My Self, and My Destiny -- 4. The Good and the Bad -- 5. The Beautiful -- 6. Rationality, Individuality, Secularity, and the Proverbial -- Appendix of Yoruba-Language Quotations -- Glossary of Yoruba Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.

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