The History of a Genuine Fake Philosophical Treatise (Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob and Ḥatatā Walda Ḥeywat)

Certainly fooling a scholar is in itself legitimate and even praiseworthy, since it makes him feel for a time the sweetest, smoothest emotions, at the prospect of a great discovery. The illusion not only compensates for the disappointment, but even surpasses it. So what would it take to fool an ent...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Mbodj, Aïssatou, Wion, Anaïs
Μορφή: Article ou chapitre numérique
Γλώσσα:Anglais
Έκδοση: Afriques 2021
Διαθέσιμο Online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Περίληψη:Certainly fooling a scholar is in itself legitimate and even praiseworthy, since it makes him feel for a time the sweetest, smoothest emotions, at the prospect of a great discovery. The illusion not only compensates for the disappointment, but even surpasses it. So what would it take to fool an entire academy?The following study focuses on one text, the Treatise of Zar'a Yā'eqob or Ḥatatā Zar'a Yā'eqob, and its appendix, the Ḥatatā Walda Heywat. For the sake of simplicity and as a fi...