Isonomia and the Origins of PhilosophyIn Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy published originally in Japanese and now available in four languages Kjin Karatani questions the idealization of ancient Athens as the source of philosophy and democracy by placing the origins instead in Ionia, a set of Greek colonies located in present day Turkey. Contrasting Athenian democracy with Ionian isonomia a system based on non rule and a lack of social divisions whereby equality is realized through