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Hatata Inquiries: Two Texts of Seventeenth-Century African Philosophy from Ethiopia about Reason, the Creator, and Our Ethical Responsibilities

Contributor(s): Yaqob, Zara (Author), Heywat, Walda (Author), Lee, Ralph (Editor), Worku, Mehari (Editor), Belcher, Wendy Laura (Editor), Herbjørnsrud, Dag (Foreword by), Brown, Jeremy R (Contribution by), Lee, Ralph (Translator), Worku, Mehari Zemelak (Translator), Belcher, Wendy Laura (Translator)

ISBN: 9783112214114

Publisher: de Gruyter

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Pub Date: June 30, 2025

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.54" H x 9.06" L x 6.10" W ( 1.12 lbs) 234 pages

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Description: The Hatata are two extraordinary texts of African philosophy composed in Ethiopia in the 1600s. The texts advocate for women's rights and rail against slavery and warfare, offer ontological proofs for God and question biblical commands, and put reas

Review Quotes: "We hope that the studies by Zara Yaqob and Walda Heywat will find a large audience. These writings are among the most important in the history of philosophy. The present volume is an excellent way of making these texts better known worldwide." (Übersetzung) Andrej Krause in: polylog 2024/52

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