The origins of European thought: about the body, the mind, the soul, the world, time, and fate ; new interpretations of Greek, Roman and kindred evidence also of some basic Jewish and Christian beliefs

This remarkable work of scholarship sought to deal with the very roots of European civilisation and thought: the fundamental beliefs about life, mind, body, soul and human destiny which were embodied in the myths, legends and customs of the ancients and later emerged, often unrecognized, in literatu...

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1. Verfasser: Onians, Richard Broxton 1899-1986 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 1988
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Zusammenfassung:This remarkable work of scholarship sought to deal with the very roots of European civilisation and thought: the fundamental beliefs about life, mind, body, soul and human destiny which were embodied in the myths, legends and customs of the ancients and later emerged, often unrecognized, in literature, philosophy and science. Professor Onians adduces an extraordinary range of comparative evidence, predominantly from Greece and Rome, but also from Norse, Celtic, Jewish, Indian, Chinese and Christian sources. The volume remains a fascinating compendium of ideas, conjectures and explanations which can continue to stimulate and inform the anthropologist, historian of science and philosophy, and classicist
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Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2010
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 583 S.)
ISBN:9780511552724
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511552724

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