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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8552675, member: 26430&quot;]Nick -- I&#039;m holding off on purchasing, but I really enjoyed the excerpts online! There was a lot new, thought-provoking stuff in there. I&#039;m not familiar with pre-Socratic philosophy (now I&#039;m very curious!), but as someone with a background in sociology, it&#039;s always interesting to see how arguments with historical materialism / (neo) Marxian epistemology play out in other fields. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t know about Seaford, but I can see how he might be very seductive to numismatists -- and to anyone favorably disposed toward Marx. Wouldn&#039;t it be really neat, though, if the beginning of all philosophy -- or how about all abstract thought, why not? -- really was caused by the invention of coinage? </p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason that theory makes me think of Julian Jaynes. Maybe the&nbsp; combination of grandiosity with the &quot;how cool would it be&quot; factor followed by the &quot;oh, wait...&quot; reaction a moment later![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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